desert dude
Well-Known Member
I think McCain would have us out of Afghanistan sooner than Dear Leader.
http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/26/barack-obamas-not-ending-the-war-in-afgh
"Barack Obama campaigned in 2008 on a promise to end the war in Iraq. That promise he tried his best to break by supporting a residual force of 10,000 U.S. troops past the 2011 withdrawal date agreed to by George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki several years prior. That plan, in fact, was also endorsed by Mitt Romney; the Republican presidential nominee called the president out on this fact at the last debate, but Obama responded by outright lying, saying what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down even though that was exactly what he tried to do. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East, Obama said of the 10,000 troops both he and Romney wanted to remain in Iraq past the 2011 withdrawal."
"In fact, before NATO agreed to withdraw by 2014, the U.S. and Afghanistan worked out a deal to keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan for the next ten years. That truth was conveniently obscured during the campaign season but U.S. officials have made it a lot clearer the U.S. war in Afghanistan is not ending in 2014 since election day."
http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/26/barack-obamas-not-ending-the-war-in-afgh
"Barack Obama campaigned in 2008 on a promise to end the war in Iraq. That promise he tried his best to break by supporting a residual force of 10,000 U.S. troops past the 2011 withdrawal date agreed to by George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki several years prior. That plan, in fact, was also endorsed by Mitt Romney; the Republican presidential nominee called the president out on this fact at the last debate, but Obama responded by outright lying, saying what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down even though that was exactly what he tried to do. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East, Obama said of the 10,000 troops both he and Romney wanted to remain in Iraq past the 2011 withdrawal."
"In fact, before NATO agreed to withdraw by 2014, the U.S. and Afghanistan worked out a deal to keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan for the next ten years. That truth was conveniently obscured during the campaign season but U.S. officials have made it a lot clearer the U.S. war in Afghanistan is not ending in 2014 since election day."
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