President Barack Obama says the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.
Obama is welcoming the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan. The war came to a formal end Sunday with a ceremony in Kabul.
Obama says in a statement that the effort has devastated al-Qaida’s core leadership, brought justice to Osama bin Laden and disrupted terrorist plots. He says U.S. troops and diplomats have helped Afghans reclaim their communities and move toward democracy.
Obama is also honoring the more than 2,200 Americans who have died in Afghanistan since the war started 13 years ago. Obama says those years have tested the U.S. and its military.
From a peak 140,000 troops in 2010, the U.S. and NATO plan to leave just 13,500 behind.
(AP)
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Such naivete! The war continues, and won’t end until Moshiach comes, BB”A.
The war isn’t ending, we are just removing most of out troops. The fighting is spreading to other fronts, with or without us. Obama’s failure to “win” will eventually come back to haunt the US. Already heavy fighting in the “War on Terror” (a.k.a. Islamic “Jihad” versus the world) has spread to Pakistan and West Africa. Because Obama and the Democrats are in denial, doesn’t make it go away (anymore than America ignoring what was happening in Europe in 1914-1917 and 1939-1941 only made matters worse).
Yes I agree with the above. when will everyone recognize that this is a World War that overrides borders? it is a War of two cultures and, as usual, the Jews are in the middle.
Obama pulled out completely from Iraq a couple of years ago with a big ceremony also, and look at Iraq now. If we would have left some forces then isis would not have risen. The fool doesn’t learn his lesson. 2 years left if moshiach doesn’t come chas veshalom.
The democreeps and LBJ’s “War On Poverty” is OVER FIFTY YEARS OLD!