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Washington Examiner | Biden ready to quit Afghanistan, just not yet
“It's going to be hard to meet the May 1 deadline. Just in terms of tactical reasons, it's hard to get those troops out,” Biden said, tipping his hand that he’s planning to keep troops in Afghanistan for some number of months, but not into next year. “I can't picture that being the case,” Biden said. “But it is not my intention to stay there for a long time, but the question is, how and on what circumstances.”
“Keeping troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1st deadline spelled out in the Doha agreement is a mistake that would needlessly keep American troops in harm’s way in support of a failed nation-building exercise. A continued presence beyond the deadline would make diplomacy more difficult and sink us deeper into the conflict,” said Nate Anderson, executive director of Concerned Veterans for America. “Keeping faith with the Doha agreement is the best opportunity to end our entanglement in a war that does not serve our interests.” |
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