Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Obama announces withdrawal of 34,000 troops from Afghan war


Are they coming home or are they going elsewhere ???? He's lied and went back on all the rest, what makes this different ??? And as usual this is all WITHIN a year, yeah right !!! He needs to bring them ALL HOME.

PressTV: Obama announces withdrawal of 34,000 troops from Afghan war

Posted on by Jean

 

Barack Obama
Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:23AM GMT
In his State of the Union Address, US President Barack Obama has announced that 34,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan within a year and has pledged that by the end of 2014, the US war in the country will be over.
“After a decade of grinding war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home,” Obama said on Tuesday night.
“Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan. This drawdown will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over,” he added.
But political analysts say a full troop withdrawal by the end of 2014 is highly unlikely since the Pentagon is expected to maintain a small presence in the country.
The United States currently has 66,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from about 100,000 in 2010.
Last month, Obama held discussions with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the timetable for transitioning Afghan forces into the lead combat role, with both leaders agreeing to move up the transition date from the summer to the spring.
The US-led war in Afghanistan began in 2001. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country, despite the presence of about over 100,000 US-led troops.
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