Biden: U.S. Out by 2014 'Come Hell or High Water'

[IScreamSundays]

Source: Fox

WASHINGTON -- Despite uneven progress in Afghanistan, Vice President Joe Biden said next summer's planned withdrawal would be more than a token reduction and that the U.S. would be out of the country by 2014 "come hell or high water."

Biden's prediction appeared to go further than statements by his boss, President Barack Obama, who just last month said there would be a reduced U.S. footprint in Afghanistan by 2014 but that the number of troops that would remain was still in question.

Obama has discussed maintaining a counterterrorism capability in Afghanistan after 2014. As recently as Dec. 16, he said the U.S. and its NATO allies would have an enduring presence there after 2014, although the details of that were unclear.

The Obama administration has said repeatedly that July would mark the beginning of the troop withdrawals and that their size would depend on military conditions.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/20/biden-come-hell-high-water/

[HEyHEY]

1. A friend of mine was there last week

He's a correspondent. He was there a few times a couple years back. He's said now he really noticed a difference. Last time he was there 1,200 Canadians and 8,000 Afghan soldiers were holding Kandahar. Now there's 35,000 US troops and a bunch more Afghans too. And he said that's made a big difference and getting out of there soon seems more plausible now.

[Amonester]

4. The resistance to the Imperialist forces has just gone back hiding

in their caves, waiting there as long as it will take to bankrupt the Imperialist invaders.

This sh*t will never end until the bankrupcy, no matter what Biden, or Obama, or anyone else says.

[saigon68]

10. Been there--- seen that

[HEyHEY]

19. That'll take a long time

[defendandprotect]

2. Understand US has increased the brutality ....

there was an article up I saw the other day -- still looking for it --

[Downwinder]

12. Is this the one you mean?

Gains in Kandahar Came with More Brutal U.S. Tactics
Analysis by Gareth Porter*

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53900

[defendandprotect]

18. Yes.. that's the one, thank you...meant to post it yesterday ...

and then lost it --

:)

[NeoConsSuck]

3. Because in 2014

we will need all our troops for our new war in __________ (fill in the blank of any country)

[tomm2thumbs]

5. is 'High Water' the new code name for 'Black Water'

I guess he is telling the truth then... in comes 'High Water Mercenaries, Inc.'

[countmyvote4real]

6. Really? n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Peace is at hand

Some may be familiar with that term and what the consequences were.

[LittleGirl]

8. As soon as he said it, I knew it would be a sound bite

n/t

[colbertforpresident]

9. Really Joe

Does that mean that we won't be paying Blackwater to stay behind and guard the pipeline for the Multinational energy Companies?

[saigon68]

11. Whoever is in CHARGE will do exactly that

[Cal Carpenter]

13. Let's see...

It's already hell for a lot of Afghanis and troops (and thanks to climate change we may see some high water pretty soon).

Dang.

[InkAddict]

14. Joe, for what it's worth: Fool me once....oh, never mind n/t

[WhiteTara]

15. yeah, yeah, yeah. Right.

We're turning a corner right into another brick wall. Wonder where we'll send our young people off to fight and die next.

[harun]

16. And of course by "out" he means an "enduring presence there".

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. How long until the WH 'clarifies' Biden's statement?

[unkachuck]

20. '...out of the country by 2014 "come hell or high water."'

....our current crop of war-mongers must not be as efficient as the old crop....we defeated highly-advanced Nazi Germany in fours years but we need thirteen years to whip the poorest most backward third-world country on earth....

....I'm not impressed.

[LuckyLib]

21. If that's the case, why wait? Let's save some lives and get out NOW!

[marasinghe]

22. as a fellow member of the demographic, i could go with ....

senior drivers having to pass an annual driving test -- if that same congress would mandate an annual senility test for senior politicians holding office.

[daleo]

23. There's light at the end of the tunnel

Etc.

[The Second Stone]

24. This statement is bullshit on its face

If there is nothing there of vital importance in 2014 that needs protecting, then what is the vital interest in 2010? If we can let the country go to hell in four years, why can't we take that risk now? Are all our enemies there going to be dead by then? I don't think so.

Either we have to fight this war until certain conditions are achieved, or we do not. It appears from Vice President Biden's statement that the vital interest is that we do not leave for at least four years. It is impossible to guarantee what the US government is going to do in four years in Afghanistan now.

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.