Obama: No Permanent Bases In Afghanistan

[ProSense]

47. Well,

it's one thing to be "cynical," and another thing entirely to use cynicism as a basis for refuting what the President stated.

As for this:

But the reality of the situation on the ground for the next ten years or so will be that we will be operating over there: Special Operations missions will still be executed; our troops that work with and train the ANA will continue to be executed and targeted by them; and, at the end of the day it will be for nothing permanent.

Do you think we are out of Iraq? I flew home with guys from FT Hood who were there doing route clearance (basically driving up and down roads waiting to get lit up by an IED) in Baghdad. Were they doing "combat missions"?

...again, that's more speculation based on your cynicism. You use Iraq as an example, but American troops aren't being "executed and targeted" in Iraq. The official end of the war was four months ago.

It's likely the Afghan war will end in a similar fashion.