Did you honestly think we were ever leaving Afghanistan?

[dixiegrrrrl]

U.S. and allied defense officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, are reviewing new drawdown options that include keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond the end of 2016, American and allied officials said.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-allied-military-review-new-options-for-afghan-pullback-1443139109



THIS is from plantingpeace.org:

[jeff47]

1. Yes. Eternity is a very long time. (nt)

[RussBLib]

2. everything must come to an end

eventually

the military-industrial-congressional complex continues its reign of ... terror

[m night shanahan]

4. With a garrison in Afghanistan, We Are Become Rome...

...with its garrison in England.

[m night shanahan]

12. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

okay.

[abelenkpe]

5. T_T

Can we please leave? 128,480?

[rug]

6. Not since this.

[McCamy Taylor]

8. Not if there is a pipeline to keep safe.

Ooops. I meant not as long as there are people to keep safe.

PS how do I get a Kirby icon?

[Quackers]

11. I stole it for you. Lol

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Cannon fodder used by the powerful to kill people so the powerful can stay in power. K&R

[Zorra]

10. It's possible that we may leave after we've exploited and used up all the natural resources

of Afghanistan.

There's an enorrmous amount of minerals there that still need to be mined and stolen.