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Biden's Afghan Reversal 'We are not leaving in 2014.'
wsj ^ | 1/14/11 | editor

Posted on 01/13/2011 9:42:06 PM PST by Nachum

In late December, we scored Joe Biden for putting his foot through the Administration's carefully designed Afghan diplomacy. The Vice President declared to much media fanfare on NBC's "Meet the Press" that U.S. troops would start leaving Afghanistan this summer and that "We're going to be totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014."

We're happy to say the Veep seems to be coming around. This week on a visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Biden reversed himself in a way that deserves as much attention as his earlier blunder.

"It is not our intention to govern or to nation-build. As President Karzai often points out, this is the responsibility of the Afghan people, and they are fully capable of it," Mr. Biden said at a press conference Tuesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "We stand ready to help you in that effort. And we will continue to stand ready to help you in that effort after 2014.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghan; bidens; leaving; reversal
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1 posted on 01/13/2011 9:42:08 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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2 posted on 01/13/2011 9:42:38 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Obama-Biden are leaving in 2013.


3 posted on 01/13/2011 9:43:51 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Nachum

Rhetoric meets reality.


4 posted on 01/13/2011 9:43:56 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Paleo Conservative

From your lips to God’s ear.


5 posted on 01/13/2011 9:58:29 PM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: Nachum

??Queue Anti-War Protesters??

....

Nah, everything is fine since we have the right party in the White House...

Back to drinking the kool aid


6 posted on 01/13/2011 10:15:32 PM PST by dila813
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To: dila813
Nah, everything is fine since we have the right party in the White House...

You noticed that too?

7 posted on 01/13/2011 11:53:09 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: Nachum

I guess Biden plans to roll out more of those pre-programmed voting machines...


8 posted on 01/14/2011 12:24:16 AM PST by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: Nachum

What happened to hell or high water?????

What a buffoon. But then he is simply carrying the dunce’s dirty water.


9 posted on 01/14/2011 3:02:30 AM PST by Carley (THE MEDIA UNDERSTANDS CREDENTIALS BUT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES)
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