Obama Rejects Nation Building and Says Afghanistan War Ends in 2014

[DonViejo]

By: Jason EasleyJan. 11th, 2013

In a statement before a joint press conference with Afghan president Karzai today, President Obama announced that the war in Afghanistan will end in 2014.

When the president was asked how many troops he would leave in Afghanistan after 2014, he answered, “Our first task has been to meet the transition plan that we sent first in Lisbon then in Chicago.” Obama said the goals for US withdrawal have been met and somewhat accelerated. He stressed that coalition forces will still be president in the spring of 2013, but their role will be training and advisement. The president said that the number of troops precisely in the draw down have yet to be determined. Obama said, “I can’t give you a precise number at this point.”

The president said the two goals for post 2014 are to train, assist, and advise Afghan forces so they can maintain their own security, and the US still wants to go be able to go after the remnants of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Obama said the US footprint in Afghanistan would be much smaller. The president went on to warn that there will not be any troop presence in Afghanistan if the US troops do not have immunity.

President Obama started an answer to second question about the post 2014 mission in Afghanistan by not committing to troops remaining in Afghanistan. The president made it clear that without an immunity agreement there will be no US troops in Afghanistan.

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http://www.politicususa.com/obama-rejects-nation-building-afghanistan-war-ends-2014.html

[former9thward]

1. This is an admission of failure in the Afghan war.

Our military should be pulled out immediately. Who wants to be the last man who dies for a failed war.