“Today, fewer than 15,000 [troops] remain” in Afghanistan and - TopicsExpress



          

“Today, fewer than 15,000 [troops] remain” in Afghanistan and Iraq, said Obama. Well, what took so long, really? Obama’s administration did everything it could to extend our presence in both countries (even tripling troop strength in Afghanistan for a “surge” that was a resolute failure by all accounts). Now we’re droning the hell out of Yemen, Pakistan, and elsewhere (where innocent targets are hit 28 times for every intended target, according to the British group Reprieve). And we’re back in Iraq, fighting ISIS without a declaration of war or a clear plan. Maybe we’ve “turned the page,” as Obama asserted in the speech’s controlling metaphor, but we’re just in a new chapter in the same tired old playbook when it comes to what Candidate Obama called “dumb wars” and pledged to avoid...
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:51:35 +0000

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