Afghanistan: What the Hell Are We Doing?

mishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / May 10, 2017

The US invaded Afghanistan in October of 2001. US troops have been in the country ever since. That’s 16 years.  Have we made any progress?

President Obama promised to get US troop out of Afghanistan. He failed. Now, President Trump wants to send more troops to Afghanistan.

What the hell are we doing?

No Escape

Flashback July 6, 2016: Obama Finds He Can’t Escape Afghan War He Once Vowed to End.

President Barack Obama, who once promised to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan within 16 months of taking office, acknowledged on Wednesday that his successor will instead have to resolve America’s longest armed conflict.

Obama announced that he would again slow the U.S. withdrawal from the country, where Afghan government forces are struggling to take and keep territory from the Taliban. About 8,400 U.S. military personnel will remain in the country at the end of the year to help with what Obama called a “precarious” security situation.

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