*chuckle* I understand fully what is happening, and it's what any reasonable person would expect to happen when the President of the US says the US Forces are pulling out of Afghanistan.
However more than one person made the statement that the US is *not* pulling out, and one of the explanations was that they will have a "prescence" there. Well hell, the US Military has a continuous "presence" in Trinidad....but I wouldn't say they are active in the country. They have a presence in Kuwait, as you said, and in many other areas of the world. So we can agree, the US Military is pulling out of Afghanistan. ;-P On 18 June 2013 09:06, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I agree with that. We need to let the afghans lead from the front. I > was just commenting in his blanket statement that someone said the us was > not pulling out. I just wanted to make sure he understands what's happening. > > Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:03 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 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:364668 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
