Last week, media reports arose in the wake of the announced Syria
pullout that President Trump was also planning a substantial drawdown of
US ground troops from Afghanistna. This was to remove some 5,000 to
7,000 troops, depending on the report.
Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan,
heard the same reports in the same newspapers as everyone else. He
insists, however, that’s all he knows about it, and that he’s gotten no orders for any such drawdown.
Not that Gen. Miller ruled out such orders being forthcoming. Rather, he
sought to downplay the drawdown, if and when it is ordered, saying US
troops would remain committed to the war, just in a bit smaller numbers
than currently.
It is unclear why the report of the troop cuts came out before orders
were even sent, but the administration has given no signs that the
drawdown isn’t going to happen. If done, this will reduce troop levels
in Afghanistan by roughly half.
Guess trump is still ironing out the deal with Eric Prince to take over.
Definitely a possibility. Who the f*ck would join the US military at this point ?? Even with all the military worship and paid for patriotism of today, the military cannot fill it’s ranks enough to sustain the war the neocon/neoliberal/spook/think tank alliance wants to wage with Iran.
Poverty draft.
Pretty much a bullshit claim since you only need a handful of troops in country to continue to lose a war on purpose like the one in Afghanistan.
Just so long as there is chaos in the middle east Isisrael is safe and can continue it’s theft and crimes against humanity.
The Pentagon will be reluctant to give up its cut of the Afghan opium trade.