Reports in the Daily Telegraph reveal that the Obama Administration is close to signing a deal with Afghanistan that would ensure US troops, including special forces, would remain on the ground in the nation through at least 2024. Opponents in the Afghan government warn the deal threatens to derail Taliban peace talks, which are always predicated on a NATO withdrawal.
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WTF? Did the administration decide "Ah, hell, we've been there a decade, what's another 13 years?"
Vote for Ron Paul and this war will be over January 20, 2013.
The drug lords must keep their illicit opium production safe & pump out that 95% pure golden crescent heroin.
The drug lords must keep their illicit opium production safe & pump out that 95% pure golden crescent heroin.