US could be in Afghanistan after 2014, says Biden

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan completely in 2014 if Afghans did not want his country to do so.

About 97,000 American troops in Afghanistan are expected to start limited withdrawals in July ahead of the scheduled transfer of responsibility for security to Afghan forces in 2014.

But Biden, on the second day of his visit to war-torn Afghanistan, said: "We're not leaving if you (Afghans) don't want us to leave."

Speaking after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, he added: "It's not our intention to govern or to nation-build -- as President Karzai often points out, this is the responsibility of the Afghan people...

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/afghanistan-2014-biden/

[molly77]

1. Joe Biden is a neocon.

He is not on the side of progressives.

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[Synicus Maximus]

2. Well, maybe by 2016. or 2018 or 2020.

[khepri]

3. Obummer Wars

Obama has crawled up into the lap of the MIC, where he plays Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen. Biden: tell your craven boss to give back the damned peace prize.

[avaistheone1]

4. Continuation of Middle East wars = Obama FAILURE

Obama was elected to end the Bush wars not continue them.

Obama's wars bankrupt us on every level.

2012 = Anyone But Obama




:grr: :grr: :grr:



Oh sweeties pray tell: What about the f-ing deficit? Oh that's right no problem, screw the little folks on Social Security.




:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[thereismore]

5. If Afghanistan has rare earth elements, we will be there indefinitely. nt

[harun]

16. When you look at what the new economies need, we aint leav'n Afghanistan.

Especially with what we need for all the car batteries.

[frylock]

6. same excuse the bushies made for an eternal presence..

the more things CHANGE.....

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. Fuck. That. Shit.

Just another excuse to keep that cash cow going. :mad:

[RedSock]

8. what a surprise....

this is about as surprising as boiling water being hot.

[PSPS]

9. HAHA: From 12/19: "Biden: We'll be out of Afghanistan by 2014 'come hell or high water'

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/12/biden-well-be-out-of-afghanist.html

Oh well, at least they're consistent. Nothing he or Obummer says means anything. They're both liars.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. The Whie House clarified his remarks a day later:

Gibbs clarifies Biden's forecast

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sought to clear up Vice President Biden’s comments on U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan on Monday, arguing that the rebuilding nation will follow a similar path that Iraq did.

Biden said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “we’re going to be totally out of there come hell or high water by 2014.”

What Biden meant to say, Gibbs argued, was that the “combat role” in Afghanistan would end by 2014.

“I would point you to what was decided in Lisbon just a few weeks ago, that we will, much like we have in Iraq, transfer primary security of Afghanistan to the Afghans, as NATO and ISAF agreed, by the end of 2014, which would – which would end our combat – our combat commitment in Afghanistan,” Gibbs told reporters.

more: http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1210/cleaning_up_fa2811ee-6267-4d59-a87c-2b43cfa6c126.html

[social_critic]

17. Too bad our politicians are stupid

We lost the war in Iraq, and many of them don't get it. We're losing in Afghanistan, and many of them don't get it. What will it take for them to get it?

[florida08]

10. well then you pay for it Joe

Damn..didn't Karzai just say he considers America 1 of his 3 enemies? That if he had to choose sides he'd choose the taliban?
Doesn't matter what Americans want. It's like a Bush repeat..rinse, lather, lie.

[marmar]

11. Slight alteration to Biden's quote:

"We're not leaving if you (Corporations) don't want us to leave."

[FlyByNight]

13. An overwhelming majority of Afghans...

...don't even know why the fuck we're there. I guess not enough taxpayer money has been funneled to mercenaries, the MIC, oil companies and mineral extraction industries yet.

It really is a different world with Beltway power circles, isn't it?

:puke:

[timo]

14. muwhahahahahahahahahahaahah

Obama knows how to party when it comes to killing women n kids with drones!!!

[annm4peace]

18. all I can think in response to Biden is

FUCK YOU Joe Biden !

Let's send pictures to VP Biden. Remind him what our tax dollars are playing for.

this link has many photos and an huge wealth of stories and news articles. RAWA is very well respected association of Afghan Feminists


http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2011/01/11/afghan-campaign-caused-100-million-damage-inquiry.html

[Javaman]

19. We. Are. Never. Leaving. nt