why don't they at least use attrition toward the goal of bringing them all home? (Reply #9)

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Fri Nov 15, 2013, 05:54 PM

grasswire (50,130 posts)

9. why don't they at least use attrition toward the goal of bringing them all home?

Why would we want to keep the number the same? I thought we were getting out.

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bring All of Our Troops Home from Afghanistan Now, President Obama. [View all]	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	OP
Home by 2014 except minimal troop levels the U.S. And Kharzai government agreed to	Pretzel_Warrior	Nov 2013	#1
We lost. (Again). Get out. Get over it.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Nov 2013	#2
Absolutely.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#4
Heck, new troops are being deployed there.	grasswire	Nov 2013	#3
That is incorrect. All military branches rotate troops while keeping the number in	bluestate10	Nov 2013	#5
why don't they at least use attrition toward the goal of bringing them all home?	grasswire	Nov 2013	#9
The "plan" is for DECEMBER of 2014 and it doesn't end there.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#13
huh	Skittles	Nov 2013	#18
Agreed.	Jamaal510	Nov 2013	#26
I look for the names on the news and in the papers everyday	joe_sixpack	Nov 2013	#6
Agree.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#10
me, I do, joe	Skittles	Nov 2013	#25
That is awesome	joe_sixpack	Nov 2013	#30
You're the real deal, Skittles	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#36
k&r	idwiyo	Nov 2013	#7
They ARE getting out, as we speak. They're scrapping equipment, closing down	TwilightGardener	Nov 2013	#8
He wants it noooowwwwwwww....	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#11
yeah, it's funny, isn't it	Skittles	Nov 2013	#14
It's funny...	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#15
oh PLEASE	Skittles	Nov 2013	#16
Please what?	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#20
believe it or not, there is an in-between SOMEWHERE in there	Skittles	Nov 2013	#22
The in between is what you are already seeing...	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#29
I can play "more combat than thou" with damn near anybody...	Bigmack	Nov 2013	#21
As a candidate, he said he'd Add troops in	JoePhilly	Nov 2013	#28
Nope... he never said he'd get out. He still lost me ...	Bigmack	Nov 2013	#31
Those are your priorities...	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#33
So tell me how the military, economic...	Bigmack	Nov 2013	#34
+1,000	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#37
Oh please is right. They've had 12 years to work on the logisitcs of getting out. Enough is enough.	morningfog	Nov 2013	#32
Thanks for your dose of reality.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#38
The current plan will have US troops in Afghanistan in 2017	NuclearDem	Nov 2013	#23
So what? The "plan" is for December of 2014! And it doesn't "end" it there.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#12
don't you understand getting out of a senseless war takes DECADES, David Z?	Skittles	Nov 2013	#17
I second that.	bvar22	Nov 2013	#19
I third that.	NuclearDem	Nov 2013	#24
I know.	David Zephyr	Nov 2013	#39
EVEN taking into account the difficulties, the strategies, the logistics	Skittles	Nov 2013	#40
When December 31, 2014 rolls around the troops will be relabled as trainers.	former9thward	Nov 2013	#27
The drug traffic in Afghanistan is stronger than ever.	avaistheone1	Nov 2013	#35

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