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2021-05-06 Afghanistan
Withdrawal Will Not End War in Afghanistan: Petraeus
[ToloNews] General David Petraeus, former commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former CIA director in an interview with has said that the US troops withdrawal from the country "is not going to end the endless war in Afghanistan."

"It is going to end the US and the coalition involvement in that war militarily" he said in an interview with FRANCE 24 on Tuesday.

US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....
last month announced that the remaining 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan would leave by September 11.

"I do fear that two to three years from now we are going to look back and regret the decision to withdraw the remaining 3,500 US troops," Petraeus said in the interview. "This is not going to end the endless war in Afghanistan; it is going to end the US and the coalition involvement in that war militarily."

In addition to the risk of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
gaining ground, Petraeus also warned of the possibility of an ISIS group resurgence in the region.

"I do think there is a risk of the ISIS establishing a sanctuary in the Afghanistan-Pakistain region, the very rugged mountainous border area, which is where many of these groups have their headquarters," the former top US commander explained.

Reports indicate that US military officials have removed some 60 planeloads of gear from Afghanistan and identified about 1,300 pieces of equipment for destruction by Tuesday.

On May 2, US forces handed over Camp Antonik to Afghan forces in Washir district, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, according to the Afghan Defense Ministry.

Violence has increased in the country following the start of the US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
forces withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defense said that at least 80 Taliban were killed in Afghan forces operations in different parts of the country in the last 24 hours.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 "It is going to end the US and the coalition involvement in that war militarily" he said in an interview with FRANCE 24 on Tuesday.

Many have seen leaving Vegas as a "win".
Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-06 00:33||   2021-05-06 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 The only 'winner' in Afghanistan was the Khan. No one apparently has the stomach to repeat it.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-05-06 07:50||   2021-05-06 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Lt. Kilgore: "This war's gonna end some day..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-06 08:01||   2021-05-06 08:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Gee, that Petraeus is one smart guy. He demonstrates that by having successfully covered=up his involvement with Erdogan in the failed Libya operation.
Posted by Spike and Tenille5583 2021-05-06 09:40||   2021-05-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Yes, but the DSB finally took it's toll. Classified notes btwn ceiling joists in the attic, another brilliant move. Sort of a 'smartest guy in the plane parachutes out, wearing a gym bag'.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-06 10:38||   2021-05-06 10:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Why anyone would care what this failure thinks is beyond me. Ole Dishonorable Dave "who apparently started thinking with his little head rather than his big fat head" was disloyal to his wife and his profession. A disappointment to all.
Posted by Tennessee 2021-05-06 14:51||   2021-05-06 14:51|| Front Page Top

#7 NOTHING will end war in Afghanistan. Why is this even news?
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-05-06 14:58||   2021-05-06 14:58|| Front Page Top

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