yeah, but that's quite a bit different than going out on patrols every day in unfriendly areas, basically making yourself a target. I'm fine with us keeping a force there as a means for backup. But I think it's a huge deal that we're no longer going to be "on the front lines"......don't you???
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sigh. > OK, here we go. > Yes, the US WILL be pulling out. We have been doing so for a while now. We > are not going to just leave en-masse. It's an orderly withdrawal that will > take some time. With that being said, there will still be some NATO forces > remaining in the country for things such as follow on training, security > and such. > > I am not sure if you are aware of it, but there are units that are > rotating out of Kuwait in case Iraq needs our assistance. Units stay there > for about six months at a time doing training and acting as a Quick > Reaction Force (QRF) for Iraq. I would imagine that something similar will > happen for Afghanistan. > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > http://mobile.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22942013 > > > > Hmm thought the US were not pulling out? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
