DOS said 20000 a while back. On Jun 18, 2013 10:16 AM, "Bruce Sorge" <sor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, but when people say that NATO is "pulling out", what they usually > mean is a total withdrawal, which is not the case, so I wanted to be sure > that everyone was clear on the matter. > It's hit the news wires on more than on occasion that the top brass of the > US military has stated that somewhere in the order of 14,000 NATO troops > will need to stay behind to ensure that the ANSF are fully capable of > running their own security. The ANSF are still a fragile bunch, much like > the Iraqi security forces were prior to our scaling back in Iraq. They are > still undisciplined when bullets start flying. While we do a good job of > training them, they still have a bad habit of going back to their old ways > of fighting, if they stay to fight at all. (this first hand information is > accurate as of May 2012 when I left Afghanistan, things may have improved > since then). > > Now, there are some good Afghan soldiers out there. The recent attack on > the Kabul airport showed that they have some soldiers and police who are > willing to fight for their country. According to the reports, no NATO > forces were involved in the repelling of the Taliban that attacked the > airport. It was all Afghan led. How accurate these reports are I can't say > though. I can find out but I don't feel like bothering people over there > that I know. > > So, back to the original point. I do not like the phrase pulling out, > because again it implies a total withdrawal. I think that the more accurate > phrase would be NATO forces are scaling back considerably over the next > year or so. > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:35 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > *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 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:364677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
