I’ve heard many pundits already state that POTUS Donnie just took what POTUS Barry had done and removed a few paragraphs to make it his plan this morning.
Hey he noted he wanted to finally see victory in Afghanistan and who doesn’t, but after nearly 16 years in the country when are we gonna realize that Afghanistan is loyal only to the territory warlords (who can’t be bought) and not Afghan government (unless you live within the city limits of Kabul).
In the end, we’re still nation building and going to be for another decade – PB/TK
Lawmakers praise and condemn Trump’s Afghanistan plan – By Dakshayani Shankar / Aug 22 2017
U.S. lawmakers were divided today on President Trump’s plans to increase the presence of the U.S. military in Afghanistan, with the House speaker lauding “a new Trump strategy,” for instance, while a fellow Republican in the Senate called it a “terrible idea.”
Trump’s announcement tonight was a reversal of the position he held prior to his bid for the presidency, but the addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan comes as he has demonstrated a willingness to engage militarily in the region.
“My original instinct was to pull out, and historically I like following my instincts,” Trump said this evening. “But all of my life I heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the Oval Office.”
Continue to abcnews.go.com article: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lawmakers-praise-condemn-trumps-afghanistan-plan/story?id=49334322
