{"id":112778,"date":"2021-04-19T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112778"},"modified":"2021-04-19T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:18:01","slug":"war-is-peace-freedom-is-slavery-ignorance-is-strength-troop-withdrawal-is-troop-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112778","title":{"rendered":"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, Troop Withdrawal is Troop Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-109660\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?resize=333%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Smirky-Joe-Biden.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After extending the Trump 1 May 2021 deadline to pull out of Afghanistan to 11 September, they&#8217;re now pushing the idea of a &#8220;troop surge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surge<\/h3>\n<p>In what world would a &#8220;surge&#8221; be considered &#8220;small&#8221;? That&#8217;s like being a little bit pregnant.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Pentagon is pulling out its old Afghanistan drawdown plans and reworking them for a Sept. 11 deadline, per President Joe Biden\u2019s announcement of the end of Operation Resolute Support on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2,500 troops deployed to that country may see some back-up arriving to help with removing equipment, shutting down operations centers and maintaining security as the Taliban seeks to take advantage of their focus on closing up shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t speak with great specificity right now &#8230; but it is not out of the realm of the possible that for a short period of time, there will have to be some additional enabling capabilities added to Afghanistan to, again, help effect a safe, orderly and deliberately planned drawdown of everybody by the president\u2019s deadline,\u201d Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n<p>More specific tasking will be coming out closer to the end of the month, he added, but he could not specify a deadline for the withdrawal plan, which will be set into motion on May 1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More at the source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/04\/16\/afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-could-involve-small-troop-surge\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EBB%2004.19.21&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for sending the story in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After extending the Trump 1 May 2021 deadline to pull out of Afghanistan to 11 September, they&#8217;re now pushing the idea of a &#8220;troop surge.&#8221; Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surge In what world would a &#8220;surge&#8221; be considered &#8220;small&#8221;? That&#8217;s like being a little bit pregnant. 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