Obama to declare end of Afghanistan War
The Associated Press reports that President Obama told the nation last night that he may leave troops in Afghanistan after this year (generals are asking for ten thousand), but he’s still going to declare an end to the war;
President Barack Obama says a small U.S. military force may remain in Afghanistan next year, but he’s promising to declare an end to the 12-year war there at the end of 2014.
Obama said during his State of the Union speech Tuesday that Afghanistan will take responsibility for its own future after the end of the year.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai won’t sign an agreement for US troops to remain there, so, it’s really just speculation that troops will remain. Karzai has also accused the US of perpetrating the worst terrorist attacks in his country, so he’s not even taking responsibility for it’s present, let alone it’s future.
Just declaring an end to the war will only make the Obama supporters feel good about themselves, the Taliban haven’t returned my calls about whether they agree to ending the war this year or not. The Left declared that the Iraq War was ended, too, and how well has that worked for the Iraqis? By the way we’re selling some Apache helicopters to Iraq next month. I wonder how many Americans will accompany the helicopters to Iraq.
President Clinton promised that we’d end our involvement in the Balkans back in 2006 1996, how’s that doing? But, hey, we all feel better, right?
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Terror War
I know where he can get a slightly used “Mission Accomplished” banner…..
/someone had to say it. 😀
ChipNASA: wouldn’t a “Mission Abandoned” banner be more apropos?
War? and we were told that our ROE’s were restricted because it was MOOTW. hmmmmm……
Okay, as somebody who hasn’t been there or done that, I’m definitely no expert here, so you guys can correct me if I’m wrong here. But my understanding is that a war is over when all sides agree to stop trying to kill eachother and break eachother’s shit. Am I wrong about that? Because last time I checked, the Taliban were still trying to kill people and break their shit. And it’s obvious that drones strikes kill people and break shit too, and the Glorious Leader doesn’t seem interested in slowing those down…
“Afghan President Hamid Karzai won’t sign an agreement for US troops to remain” Well thank the hell out of President Karzai. I say thank you for not signing and we’ll Be gone before nightfall. Why, in the good Lord’s name, why are we begging him to LET us stay? Doesn’t make sense. We get nothing from it except more wounded and body bags. If “I” were Emperor, President Obama and his Secret Service would fly commercial to every funeral of every fallen vet. If, that is, the families would allow hos sorry ass there! POS and I do mean a BIG POS! I hate his SOB with a passion.
Sparks, making them attend would do no good. Obama & co. don’t care, they’d disrespect the dead and their families by just using it for a photo op. Hell, Biden just did it a few months ago with the memorial service for the Granite Mountain Hotshots. There was an awful lot of firefighters (including me) who were planning to attend, but cancelled at the last minute when we found out that asshole was going to be there. Despite union claims to the contrary, you might be surprised how many of us are conservatives, especially in California and the Southwest.
I see where you’re coming from, but the scumbags would have to give a shit for it to be effective. Obama would probably smile for the cameras, then break out his 9-iron amid the gravestones as soon as they look away.
In truth, I have mixed feelings about the whole ‘end’ of the war. On the one hand, I’m glad to see fellow troops get the heck out of Afghanistan & come home. On the other hand, the last National Intelligence Estimate stated that without the US military presence, the Afghan National Army will only hold out until 2015. By 2017, most of the country will be back in the hands of the Taliban, and they will be closing in on the Capital. I’d hate to have the sacrifices of US & allied troops end that way.
What war? I’ve been at the mall and eating at the food court. I didn’t know we were at war. Well I sure am glad that its over then.
Great lets get out now before anymore americans die! Great speech hopefully soon President Obama’s face will be on mount rushmore! And to think some silly people wanted bed time for bonzo’s face their, and replace Roosevelt on the dime with iran-countra traitor! Selling dope to black school children to finance an illegial war and murdering nuns in el salvador doesn’t get you on the dime! Read gary webbs book dark alliance about republican drug dealing you will like the part about clinton alowing the cia to bring dope in thru mena arkansas with the help of ollie north and eden pastore.
@9- Brother, the rock done fucked yo’ shit up
This is my first comment. I enjoy the site especially stories about imposters. I’m interested in the reaction of combat vets who served in Afganistan to the pullout.I served as a rifle platoon commander with 3rd Marines in RVN in 1968. I remember the feeling of betrayal when the north swept south to take over after our withdrawal. We did betray the people of the south by pulling out. Having said that I also remember the feeling of disgust by me and my Marines whenever we had to conduct an operation with our allies, the ARVN. Our universal feeling was based on our belief they they were unwilling to risk what we did to save their own country. That didn’t apply to the Vietnamese Marines. I’ve never resolved those two feelings.
I tend to view Afganistan as a culture incapable of self rule and don’t want to see another American life lost. I know what it is to want to see something through knowing that we can accomplish our goals. Unfortunately I don’t know those goals are other than withdrawal. My only comfort is knowing I served honorably with the finest young men the world. I hope currently vets can feel the same.
@7. “I’d hate to have the sacrifices of US & allied troops end that way.” No American trooper who did his duty should ever lament the outcome. The Fallen, the wounded, and those who returned whole did what their nation asked of them and did so honorably. Their sacrifices and the great sacrifices of their families are not diminished one iota by Obama’s intention to declare the war ended. There is much we can say–and none of it good–about how the politicians (both in and out of uniform)–managed to screw things up royally. But none of that reflects on the performance of our troops and, personally, I regard it as irrelevant what the dictated outcome is. I really do.
@9–and this post, boys and girls, is why mommy shouldn’t chug a fifth of Jack Daniels per day during pregnancy, choke down Camel unfiltered cigarettes, and let little vwpussy eat paint chips and stick forks into light sockets.
On the bright side, he’ll soon enough figure out how much fun it is to play in traffic.
Let’s test this strategy. Whichever team is ahead at halftime of the Superbowl should declare The End of the Superbowl Game. They should change clothes in the locker room, hop into the bus/limo/whatever for the ride to the airport and head home to prepare for their victory parade.
George V.
@14. And if that were to occur, it would say absolutely nothing about how each player on the field performed during the first half.
The first sentence in VWP’s drivel is the first time I have ever agreed with him/it.
Yeah, I’m going off on this topic. And it’s because I see a great danger in this whole mess, that somehow our troops will be made to feel that they somehow failed, that their sacrifices were in vain. And, yes, it rings of Vietnam in that sense. And it will come. It will come from the hand wringers and the teeth gnashers, but we should not join them in that. We are presumed to know better. And now I’ll get off the soap box.
@9 Still waiting for your answer, VWPansyasscocksucker. Don’t make me C&P again.
@9 Is this the same VWPutz that post barely-coherent shit about how he/she/it hopes Americans die? But now fucknuts wants to wrap him/her/itself in the flag because it supports Obama. What a douche.
Any of you want to go to afganistan to take up the “white mans burdon” when u.s. military leaves ? I thought not thats might white of you to want others to stay in your place if you think “we” should stay.
@18 are you waiting for gedot? Strom thurmond had black daughter and that did not stop him from kluckin with the klan!
VWP … I told you. You are doing it again.
When you cook and inject rat poison … the sensation you are feeling in your head is your brain turning to mush!
Throttle it back a wee bit … we want to keep you around a little longer for the entertainment value!
@22. “We want to keep you around a little longer for the entertainment value!”
Not me. It’s time for him to go. As I said before, he thinks this is his personal electronic billboard for his idiocy. He cannot discuss anything and is nonresponsive to the simplest of questions (e.g., Are you disgustingly obese or are you emaciated?) It turns my stomach to think that our tax dollars are supporting that moron.
@21 VWPutz, Thurmond was an old-money Old South asshole. Like many of his ilk, he liked to nail his black housekeeper in the broom closet, in a coercive scenario that could be fairly described as rape. The child produced by this exploitative union didn’t exactly have a model father, as he tried to conceal and disavow the fact that she existed. If you want to try to compare that with the consensual, loving, healthy, and openly-displayed relationship I have with my wife (notice the key word here is WIFE, not slave, maid, cook, housekeeper, mistress, etc), and the way that my baby daughter is the light of my life and I show her off just like any other proud father, then you are clearly even dumber than we thought. The fact that you can breathe on your own is fucking miraculous.
Do you accuse me of racism because of my screen name? I really shouldn’t have to do this, because everybody else here can figure this out without an explanation. But alas, you are a dipshit that disgraces short-bus riders everywhere, so I’ll accommodate you.
My last name is White. Years and years ago, a good friend of mine (who happens to be Mexican) started calling me Whitey. The nickname stuck, to the point that even my wife calls me Whitey (or sometimes “Sawh,” which is Khmer for Whitey). There, I’ve accommodated you. You’re welcome, slapdick.
You persistently fail to address any of my real points. Must I C&P them to remind you, asshole? Are you just too much of a pussy to try to answer or what?
Does this mean National Defense Service Medal(pizza stain) will stop being awarded?