Obama to withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan this year

[babylonsister]

Obama to withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan this year
By Carlo Muñoz - 02/12/13 10:29 AM ET


President Obama is planning to remove half of the 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan by the end of the year, setting the stage for the eventual withdrawal of all American service members by 2014.

Obama is expected to provide details about moving 34,000 American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines from Afghanistan during Tuesday's State of the Union address, The Hill has confirmed.

The planned drawdown falls in line with the postwar recommendations of former U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen as well as others inside the Pentagon, a senior White House official said.


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http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/282473-obama-to-withdraw-half-of-all-us-troops-in-afghanistan

[rachel1]

1. They should have never been in Afghanistan from the start!

[babylonsister]

3. I'm not so sure about that...

I think some retaliation might have been in order after 9/11, and Afghanistan was the logical place, NOT Iraq. But we can agree to disagree; I'm just glad they're getting pulled out of that hell hole.

[Cha]

2. Good.. thanks babylonsistah.