U.S. Will Be Out Of Afghanistan By 2017: White House

[Bluebear]

Just around the corner.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/26/news/news-us-afghanistan-usa.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Oh, joy! Will he authorize building a monument to the cannon fodder then?

[Mz Pip]

2. Not good enough.

If this is true it is one policy that I won't support Obama on.

We're not even out of Iraq, yet.

[kenny blankenship]

3. Unless, of course, things don't go according to plan...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. The pawns in the Great Chess Game will be in revolt by then.

[Bragi]

4. Obama out of White House by 2012: Afghanistan

Sadly, that would be my prediction if he escalates this war.

[barbtries]

6. that's over 7 years away!

:wtf:

and how many bodies mr president?
:cry:

[Bluebear]

35. word

[SammyWinstonJack]

37. He is out of touch with that reality, it appears

x(

[elocs]

7. So then, Obama is passing the war on to the next president after all.

Who would have thunk it? :shrug:

[sakabatou]

8. ::facebludgeon::

[Bluebear]

10. It's OK. Just pay attention to the turkey pardoning story & Happy Thanksgiving!

:(

[theoldman]

9. We will have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than eight years.

It may be down to 20,000 in each country. We have troops in Germany, Japan, Korea so it will not be any different many years from now. It will not make any difference whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat.

[Bluebear]

11. 'It will not make any difference whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat.'-- Evidently.

[Arctic Dave]

15. My thought too.

I wonder what word parsing he will use to justify the 50,000 "Non-Combat" military personnel like in Iraq.

[G_j]

12. what a joke!!!!

and do they really think things are going to be that much better?
Why not get out NOW, and save lives, heartbreak and billions/trillions(?) of dollars?

[tularetom]

13. Are they on drugs?

I'm sorry but that timetable will not be acceptable to the American people. We don't agree on much in this country but I believe most of us concur that this is a clusterfuck that should be aborted yesterday. It's hard for me to believe that "the WHite House" would release a statement like this. Surely they aren't that fucking obtuse?

[maglatinavi]

18. ON DRUGS...

NOW I HAVE REALLY HEARD IT ALL ... ... I THINK I AM GOING TO STOP READING NEWS IF THIS IS REAL AND SERIOUS ... I CANNOT BELIEVE IT ... PLEASE TELL ME SOME ONE IS LYING ...PLEASE !!! BEGGING !
:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :freak: :freak: :freak: :freak: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

[maglatinavi]

14. A War

WHAT???? HORROR OF HORROR !!! OH HILARY, WHERE ART THOU???

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Chulanowa]

32. She's cheering him on

Remember, she was even more into escalation than Obama was.

[neverforget]

16. Afghanistan: the graveyard of empires

[Flaneur]

17. Yay! Way to earn that Nobel Peace Prize.

Only an entire presidency spent waging imperial war, and that's if everything works out.

Hmmm, wonder what that's gonna cost us?

[timeforpeace]

24. The Five Old Norwegians Peace Prize was supposed to be payment forward for not doing this. Will he

have to give the money back?

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. So now HE is the WAR PRESIDENT.

GOBAMA!! :puke:

[Moondog]

19. Ah, yes. And they used

a Bush style pre-Holiday news dump (when people aren't paying attention in any numbers) to toss this fetid turd into the punchbowl.

This is Not the Change I voted for ....

[Bluebear]

20. Just concentrate on the pardoned turkey and that evens everything out.

:(

[Karmadillo]

21. Wow! This guarantees Nobel Prize #2!!!!

nt

[WeDidIt]

22. After eight years of Bush making matters worse in Afghanistan

it's got to be tough to say exactly when they'll have the shit cleaned up.

[Bluebear]

26. Sorry to inform you, this will be Obama's war after escalation. Perception is reality.

[WeDidIt]

28. And it will be over and considered a victory by 2012

so it will be a war that Obama won.

Perception is everything.

[Flaneur]

29. Be sure and post about that when it happens, will you?

[Bluebear]

30. I have whoever that is on ignore...

but I think the Obama PR department will be out of business by 2017 ;)

[Bluebear]

36. for the evening headlines

[anonymous171]

34. They will never "have the shit cleaned up." You cannot create a nation out of thin air

This bullshit has got to end.

[Bluebear]

43. thank you

[Individualist]

23. Continuation of the neocons' policy

Damn the DLC!

[Posteritatis]

25. "We won't be there by then" != "We will be there until then"

There's some wild spin going on about that statement he made.

[TicketyBoo]

27. If you saw Bill Moyers last Friday night

you saw a cautionary tale that President Obama has failed to heed.

LBJ had an election breathing down his neck and Goldwater accusing him of being weak on national defense. Obama has no such pressure on him, and still he chooses to escalate!

God, I pray that he knows what he is doing, but I fear that this is Vietnam, Part Deux.

[mzmolly]

31. Those of us who protested that the wars were "another Vietnam" were right

sadly. :(

[anonymous171]

33. LBJ redux. I hope Obama enjoys his first term.

Because he is not getting another one.

[FarLeftFist]

38. The gift that keeps on giving

[Betty]

40. because we will no doubt have invaded some other country by then

or more likely, several other countries. We seem to have unlimited funds for pre-emptive wars and endless occupations.

[sendero]

41. That a pretty bold statement..

... since Obama will be out of office in 2013.

[Kid Dynamite]

42. Glad THAT got cleared up

[Mari333]

44. okie dokie, time to say it OBAMA IS A WARMONGER

and he is also going to lose in 2012. play taps for this admin, they are done.
thanks for NOTHING you warmongering bastards.

[ladjf]

45. Well, that makes my day! nt

[rusty fender]

46. Hey, hey Obama J, How many kids have you killed today?

[merh]

47. The article does not support the headline.

"We are in year nine of our efforts in Afghanistan. We are not going to be there another eight or nine years," Gibbs told reporters. "Our time there will be limited and that is important for people to understand," he (Gibbs) said.

To clarify, had the title read "U.S. Will Be Out Of Afghanistan By 2099: White House" the title would be just as accurate and as inflammatory.

It is nice to see how many people trust the media when it is convenient.

I'll wait to hear what Obama has to say.