Obama: ‘I do not support the opinion of endless war’Announcement follows weeks of worsening developments in KabulPresident to sustain 5500 troops there through the halt of his term in 2017 6.07pm BSTWe’re going to halt or live coverage of the president’s announcement on Afghanistan with the summary below. 5.54pm BSTQuestions that Guardian staffers didn’t get to demand Obama administration officials,first from national security editor Spencer Ackerman.
Still waiting to hear an explanation of why Obama's distinction between "combat" and "counterterrorism" in Afghanistan is meaningful.
The way people talk approximately "the fighting season" in Afghanistan makes it sound like that a meteorological certainty for the rest of time.
FACT: Unlike President Obama, Romney has no plan to halt the war in Afghanistan and bring our troops home.
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Source: theguardian.com