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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 10:58 AM
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Robert Gates says US exit from Afghanistan on course
Robert Gates says US exit from Afghanistan on course

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the US will definitely start reducing the number of its soldiers in Afghanistan next July.

On Sunday, the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said that he might advise President Barack Obama to delay the exit plan.

But Mr Gates told the Los Angeles Times there was no question that the US would begin reducing troop levels in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10985621
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 11:01 AM
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1. to bankrupt US
(they forgot the last 3 words of the headline)
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 12:12 PM
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2. I wish they would get their stories straight. Are we staying, leaving?..n/t
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 12:15 PM
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3. hey gates, tell that to petraeus
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 01:04 PM
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4. Gates should know. CIA catalyzed the 32-year war in Afghanistan.
What Zbiggy said:

http://www.counterpunch.org/brzezinski.html
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-10 01:42 PM
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5. If ya didn't believe him two years ago...

why should ya believe him now?
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