Current Events > Trump halts McMaster plan to increase ground troop support in Afghanistan

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/24/trump-sends-back-mcmaster-plan-to-surge-troops-in-afghanistan/

Trump reportedly sent back what was supposed to be the final version of a plan to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan at a recent National Security Council meeting. The president remains skeptical that any U.S. troop increase will change the status quo on the ground, despite strong urging from National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.

“I don’t think there is any serious analyst of the situation in Afghanistan who believes that the war is winnable,” Miller said. “It’s possible to prevent the defeat of the Afghan government and prevent military victory by the Taliban, but this is not a war that’s going to be won.”

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Glad Comrade Trump has a winning strategy to defeat ISIS and the Taliban in 30 days then, oh wait he doesnt, he's just gonna cut and run and let Taliban turn the country back into a ultra oppressive shithole again, and then we'll have to invade it again ten years from now.after 9/11 2
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About time someone fulfilled Obama's campaign promise.
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Malcolm_Caradoc posted...

Glad Comrade Trump has a winning strategy to defeat ISIS and the Taliban in 30 days then, oh wait he doesnt, he's just gonna cut and run and let Taliban turn the country back into a ultra oppressive shithole again, and then we'll have to invade it again ten years from now.after 9/11 2

The Taliban is not ISIS.

ISIS is on the verge of defeat. That's been said for a year now but it's still true!
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Ammonitida posted...

Malcolm_Caradoc posted...

Glad Comrade Trump has a winning strategy to defeat ISIS and the Taliban in 30 days then, oh wait he doesnt, he's just gonna cut and run and let Taliban turn the country back into a ultra oppressive shithole again, and then we'll have to invade it again ten years from now.after 9/11 2

The Taliban is not ISIS.

ISIS is on the verge of defeat. That's been said for a year now but it's still true!

ISIS is in Afghanistan too, what you think theyre gonna go away just because theyre backsliding from being a rogue nation state to being a terrorist org. Weve dealt with insurgency before
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He ruined our mcMaster plan!!
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This should make liberals happy but they'll still find a way to spin it against him.
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voldothegr8 posted...

This should make liberals happy but they'll still find a way to spin it against him.

Are you happy about this Vold?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvERHiTfx9w
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

This should make liberals happy but they'll still find a way to spin it against him.

Are you happy about this Vold?

I can give two shits about how many troops we have where.
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This is fine, actually. And not in the "dog while house burns down around him" way.
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Were_Wyrm posted...

About time someone fulfilled Obama's campaign promise.

Obama's campaign promise was literally to take troops out of Iraq and put them in Afghanistan.
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Update: uhhhhhh
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/world/asia/afghanistan-trump-mineral-deposits.html?
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Trump knows more about ISIS than the generals. Believe him.
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Antifar posted...

Update: uhhhhhh
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/world/asia/afghanistan-trump-mineral-deposits.html?

omfg
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Propping up the Afghan government indefinitely is probably the best we can hope for. Is the alternative to abandon the country and have it turn into another hotbed for terrorism like pre-9/11? It's hard to say what to we should do.
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Malcolm_Caradoc posted...

Glad Comrade Trump has a winning strategy to defeat ISIS and the Taliban in 30 days then, oh wait he doesnt, he's just gonna cut and run and let Taliban turn the country back into a ultra oppressive shithole again, and then we'll have to invade it again ten years from now.after 9/11 2

Good job misquoting the president. Trump said he would give the generals 30 days to come up with a plan, and then within a year defeat ISIS. 1st day in the Pentagon, Gen Mattis bombed 31 ISIS bases. Since then ISIS is down to controlling 2 cities. So yea, I think he will defeat them within the year he said it would take.
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