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How can a subordinate contradict (apparently) a sitting Commander-in-Chief reputated as a fearless alpha leader, two and two don't add up:
Most veterans believe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t worth fighting
James Clark
November 08, 2019
U.S. Army cavalrymen from 1st Platoon, Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment; walk by some of the qalat buildings of Charkh District while on their way into the village of Paspajak, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 20. (U.S. Army photo)
The majority of U.S. military veterans say America's most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day.
taskandpurpose.com/iraq-afghanistan-veterans-day-poll
U.S. Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Several More Years, Top General Says
November 10, 2019
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley
U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for 18 years, would remain in the country "for several more years."
In an ABC interview broadcast on November 10, Milley noted that, after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the original reason U.S. forces went into Afghanistan was to make sure that the country never again would be a haven for extremists who would attack the United States.
"That mission is not yet complete," the general said. "In order for that mission to be successful the government of Afghanistan, the Afghan security forces, are going to have to be able to sustain their own internal security to prevent terrorists using their territory to attack other countries, especially the United States."
There are some 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as thousands of European forces participating in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.
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ET Bureau's irresponsible reporting on US military 'promoting ISIS in Afghanistan'
CIA-Backed Militia Targeted Clinics in Afghanistan, Killing Medical Workers and Civilians
2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan as Talks With Taliban Resume
Aug. 21, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/w...n-taliban.html
09-19-2019
50 Afghan civilians dead, 30 killed after US drone accidentally bombed farmers
The Kill Team Follows American Troops Intentionally Murdering Innocent Afghans
Iraq/Afghanistan wars disabled 624,000 US troops , Divorces up 42%, Foreclosures up 217%
Civilian Casualties Reach Highest Level in Afghan War, U.N. Says
July was the deadliest month for noncombatants in Afghanistan since the organization began tracking such figures a decade ago.
A funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, for victims of a suicide bombing at a wedding hall in August.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
Oct. 17, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/world/asia/afghanistan-civilian-casualties-un.html
Trump Just Hired the Guy He Sent to Free A$AP Rocky as His New National Security Adviser
Most veterans believe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t worth fighting
James Clark
November 08, 2019
U.S. Army cavalrymen from 1st Platoon, Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment; walk by some of the qalat buildings of Charkh District while on their way into the village of Paspajak, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 20. (U.S. Army photo)
The majority of U.S. military veterans say America's most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day.
taskandpurpose.com/iraq-afghanistan-veterans-day-poll
U.S. Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Several More Years, Top General Says
November 10, 2019
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley
U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for 18 years, would remain in the country "for several more years."
In an ABC interview broadcast on November 10, Milley noted that, after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the original reason U.S. forces went into Afghanistan was to make sure that the country never again would be a haven for extremists who would attack the United States.
"That mission is not yet complete," the general said. "In order for that mission to be successful the government of Afghanistan, the Afghan security forces, are going to have to be able to sustain their own internal security to prevent terrorists using their territory to attack other countries, especially the United States."
There are some 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as thousands of European forces participating in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.
Related
CIA-Backed Militia Targeted Clinics in Afghanistan, Killing Medical Workers and Civilians
2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan as Talks With Taliban Resume
Aug. 21, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/w...n-taliban.html
09-19-2019
50 Afghan civilians dead, 30 killed after US drone accidentally bombed farmers
The Kill Team Follows American Troops Intentionally Murdering Innocent Afghans
Iraq/Afghanistan wars disabled 624,000 US troops , Divorces up 42%, Foreclosures up 217%
Civilian Casualties Reach Highest Level in Afghan War, U.N. Says
July was the deadliest month for noncombatants in Afghanistan since the organization began tracking such figures a decade ago.
A funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, for victims of a suicide bombing at a wedding hall in August.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
Oct. 17, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/world/asia/afghanistan-civilian-casualties-un.html
Trump Just Hired the Guy He Sent to Free A$AP Rocky as His New National Security Adviser
Unless Trump loses the 2020 election, and the next president (Commander in Chief) orders them to return to the USA. 
