Kathy Kelly: Plan sobre Afganistán demuestra que Obama es un
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Kathy, your response to President Obama saying that the U.S. troops will be out next year,
though the Pentagon does say it might be another 10 years?
President Obama is a hawkish president who likes to appear dovish. The reality is that
the Pentagon has said that the troops will be in Afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. And
in the 21st century military that the president and the Pentagon want to create, they don’t
necessarily need big, huge military bases all across Afghanistan. What they want to
have are special operations troops working in coordination with the capacity for drone
strikes, weaponized drone strikes and drone surveillance. And what you mentioned with
regard to the tragedy in Kunar just last night is so symptomatic of what happens.
The civilians are at high risk. The antagonism toward the United States continues to rise.
And the Taliban says that, until all the troops are out, they will continue to fight.
So Afghans are saddled with this ongoing war.