US military reportedly making plans for Trump that include a complete Afghanistan withdrawal before the next election

Business Insider via YAHOO ^ | May 26, 2020 | David Choi

[Farcesensitive]

Defense Department officials are reportedly planning to brief President Donald Trump on several options to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, including one to pull them out before the 2020 US presidential election in November.

[SoConPubbie]

Do it!

[SaveFerris]

If he does, Democrats who were against the Afghanistan war will suddenly be FOR the war in Afghanistan. Just watch.

[chuckee]

I think most everyone accepts the fact after we leave that hole, the Taliban will eventually return to taking over a large part of Afghanistan. Just a matter of time. These neanthethals were not built for democracy. He should withdraw after the election, not before, so as to deny the Dems campaign carping that Trump “lost” the war.

[LeeClementineKenny]

That's why it was stupid to get involved in the country with such an unrealistic goal. Our Afghan allies weren't any better than the Taliban, and probably worse since they brought back pedastry, which was banned under the Taliban. The fact is there's no faction in that country that isn't backwards.

The force we tried creating out of nothing fell apart and went home whenever it saw any action. It wasn't because they were cowards, because they would fight for tribal territory, under tribal leadership. They had no interest in fighting outside of the area they lived, they didn't trust the leadership, and were only taking part because it was a job. It's disgusting we got into the mess we did by breaking basic rules of war that were known for over a century. The neocons were disgusting scum.

[Farcesensitive]

“He should withdraw after the election, not before, so as to deny the Dems campaign carping that Trump “lost” the war.”

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He needs to finish the withdrawal just before the election so he can say he fulfilled his promise to end the war and bring the troops home but there isn’t time for the Demoncrats to portray it a a “loss”.

[PapaBear3625]

Keep in mind that, to re-supply our people, we have to go through Pakistan.

I think Trump knows something may be happening soon, that would make going through Pakistan a “bad idea”.