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Afghanistan
New Pentagon Chief to US Troops: ‘Time to Come Home’
2020-11-15
[ToloNews] The newly appointed acting defense secretary of the United States, Christopher Miller, in a message signaled that he could expedite the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the Middle East, saying that "it’s time to come home" and that "all wars must end."

Miller was appointed as acting defense secretary by US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
 on Monday.

He said in a memo to his department that the US is committed to defeating al-Qaeda and is "on the verge of defeating" the group.

"Many are weary of war — I’m one of them," he wrote in the message posted on the US Defense Department website on Saturday. "But this is the critical phase in which we transition our efforts from a leadership to supporting role."

Miller said, "Ending wars requires compromise and partnership. We met the challenge; we gave it our all. Now, it’s time to come home."

Trump has been pushing for the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan by Christmas during his campaign.

The United States signed a peace deal with the Taliban
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 on February 29 and agreed on the gradual withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. But Trump last month said the troops should be home by Christmas.

The new Pentagon chief did not mention specific US troop deployments, but the reference to al-Qaeda appeared to single out Afghanistan and Iraq, where US troops were deployed after the September 11 attacks.

The concerns about an early withdrawal from Afghanistan comes as violence has remained high in the country despite efforts to resume peace negotiations in Doha.

The Washington Post reported that former US defense secretary Mark Esper after consulting with senior military officers, sent a classified memo to the White House this month expressing concerns about additional cuts.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Bush Jr, Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Romney, the Squat = the last gasp of the post-Cold War Kakocracy

Stupidest, most incompetent, most corrupt and all around shittiest political class this nation has seen since the 1870s
Posted by: Gronter Thusogum7759   2020-11-15 18:06  

#8  I'm starting to think Keith Richards looks better than Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-15 17:59  

#7  Historically, as I understand it, the companies that have been the strongest in this country, long term, were those started during one of our regular economic downturns. So those future civilians, and current civilians as well, should look at this as an opportunity to build over, build under, and build around the current failing behemoths. Do something better, do something new, turn a hobby into a micro-business... shoot, become a licensed plumber/electrician/mechanic/HVAC technician and you’ll have more work than you can handle at $50-100/hour. Factories have been working short handed for several decades because they can’t get people who can work with the computers that do much of the work.

Yes, it now takes a BA in accounting to do the work that used to be done by math-able kids with some high school, and for about the same pay, while other BA degrees lead straight to the fast food counter up-selling fries with that. But there are plenty of blue collar jobs going begging, for those not so proud of having useless college degrees that they turn their backs on honest, well-paid work.

Jimmy Carter looks like the self-righteous, Jew hating ass he always was, and Slick Willy now appears too old and sick to act the rapey horndog he was with and without his bootie buddy, Jeffrey Epstein. Joe Biden is merely the dregs of that particular vintage; just because the MSM shriek that he has won does not mean he has.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-11-15 17:57  

#6  Jimmy Carter looks like Robert Taft nowadays. Even Slick Willy looks good when compared to the Dem cast of characters of today.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-15 15:38  

#5  They have the same future we all do: Stagnation, stagnation, and more stagnation. It took us 40 years, but we finally are going to see what Jimmy Carter's second term would look like.
Posted by: Tom   2020-11-15 14:50  

#4  What future do these warriors have to come home to? To get a job, then train a foreign H1B1 replacement brought in by Wall Street how to do your job as what happened under Obama/Biden after you have been given two weeks notice or loose your severance pay?
Posted by: Angeater Omick2705   2020-11-15 12:10  

#3  GC, you do realize that you sanity will last only until Gropey Joe and the hard left take over?

You do realize that, right?
Posted by: AlanC   2020-11-15 07:23  

#2  Miller doing what the last guy failed to do.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-11-15 03:56  

#1  Finally.
Hope at last. Hope for sanity in US foreign policy
Posted by: Gerthudion Cleart1869   2020-11-15 00:56  

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