U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to press ahead with the decade-long conflict in Afghanistan under a timetable that would see 10,000 U.S. troops withdrawn by the end of the year and another 23,000 by the end of next summer.
The remaining 66,000 U.S. troops would be slowly withdrawn until a final transition to Afghan security control in 2014.
Some Republicans and Democrats in Congress have voiced hopes for a speedier withdrawal at a time when annual U.S. budget deficits have hit $1.4 trillion, and the $14.3 trillion U.S. national debt is leading to demands to sharply cut government spending. Read More.
al-Faisal has a lot to answer for on his own account.
ReplyDeleteHe was there when the U.S. and Saudi's were funding/funneling money to the Mujahadden via Pakistan and their ISI.
He is a treasure trove of Saudi complicity.
What planet is al-Faisal living on: "The killing of bin Laden has not gotten the accolades that it deserves, not just throughout the world but even in this country."
ReplyDeleteI always believed that Obama would fail to meet the July deadline, and only now are a few U.S. units preparing to redeploy. U.S. forces were supposed to start leaving in July, but all Obama gave was a speech in July. What reason is there to believe the rest of the withdrawal will go according to "schedule"?