disgusting..... pressure from the higher-ups in the war machine comes home to roost
December 20th, 2010
Joe Biden says troops will leave Afghanistan by 2014 'come hell or high water'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8214868/Joe-Biden-says-troops-will-leave-Afghanistan-by-2014-come-hell-or-high-water.html"The statement went much further than any other American official and appeared to contradict President Barack Obama, who said just last month that there would be a reduced number of troops by 2014 but exact force levels were undecided.
Mr Biden, who has long had a reputation for speaking carelessly, also told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme that the start of the Afghanistan withdrawal in July 2011 would involve a significant drawdown.
"We are going to, come July, begin to draw down American forces" and begin to transfer responsibility to the Afghans," he said. "It will not be a token amount."
He presented next July as the beginning of a process that would see all US troops leave by the end of 2014.
"We're starting it in July of 2011 and we're going to be totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014."
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January 12, 2011
Biden commits U.S. to help Afghanistan past 2014
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/11/MNVF1H7EUL.DTL#ixzz1AwEUromeVice President Joe Biden met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Tuesday and promised a lasting U.S. commitment to the country well beyond 2014, when NATO forces are scheduled to turn over security of the nation to Afghan forces.
"The United States, if the Afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leaving in 2014," Biden said during an unannounced visit to Kabul. "Hopefully, we will have totally turned over to the Afghan security forces the ability to maintain the security of the country, but we are not leaving if you don't want us to leave."
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