AMN: President Donald Trump announced via tweet Wednesday night that all remaining U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan should be withdrawn by Christmas, putting an end to the 19-year American military conflict there. more
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let the sand-dindus have at it
Ground troops out, the drone boys in Florida will continue their 24/7 coverage. Not a problem, the roaches usually come out once you turn the lights off.
This will send the Neo Cons over the edge. Let’s hope Trumps security detail is on their game.
It’s too bad our previous leaders never really studied history, otherwise they would have learned how many other nations have spent a great deal of blood and treasure in a hopeless attempt to conquer or civilize the loosely bound collection of warring tribes known as Afghanistan.
“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.”
— Rudyard Kipling – “The Young British Soldier”
Time for this classic and thanks to President Trump it’s not just a dream;
https://youtu.be/dL71eMc1blw .
“US will be out of Afghanistan by Christmas”
Well, then, we’d better get us some more Afghanistan before the relatives come over.
I’d like to see them home by Thanksgiving.
It would be appropriate.
Our military is over there, keeping islamic radicals at bay, while the chainese are mining rare earth metals under the security we attempt to maintain, and under a corrupt government. (remember that 49 million dollar gas station that never opened?)
Bring our men (and women) home now! At this point, they are not serving our interests.
“Afghan Archaeologists Battle Chinese Mining Interests in Fight to Save Ancient Buddhist Paradise”
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/afghan-archaeologists-battle-chinese-mining-interests-020324
It’s the Chinese’s turn.
The CIA is all pissed off, nobody to protect their opium supply.
Good.
What has the U.S. accomplished there? How many U.S. military people and civilian contractors died there? For what?
Yet we never learned from the example of European countries that had their asses handed to them in Africa and India…tsk,tsk.
Should have let the USSR carpetbomb Afghanistan back to the 8th century.
I remember 1979 well, just left Ft Bragg and went to North Texas State University where I made many friends with the Olympic Volleyball Team. Jimmy Carter canceled the Olympics and a plane load of Army buddies were dropped into Afghanistan to fight with Mujahedin. That place is a worthless shithole.
The price of heroin will skyrocket….oh, wait – we’re fighting for freedom….right.
United families again, the best Christmas wish of children…and adults who miss their spouses.