They are coming home!
 

Finally, the last British combat troops and US Marines are coming home from Afghanistan!! Its about stinking time too!:salute:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...ase/ar-BBbgkxr

If I were them I wouldn't get too comfy, they'll either be back in Afghanistan or Iraq before 2020...

We got to be happy they are they are getting out of there, they deserve to be home, away from that hole for a while!

:Kaleun_Party::Kaleun_Cheers::Kaleun_Salute:

Yea, I thought we worked it where US troops would be staying. Either way, someone will be going back...

Damned if you go in, damned if you stay out. Damned if you stay, damned if you leave.

Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

I'm glad our lads are coming home, but I've got an unpleasant feeling the place is going to erupt again when the Taliban fancy having another go.

Goodbye Kabul. Hope the embassy has a decent rooftop helicopter pad. :D

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I am glad they're coming back, but this is our...what, third or fourth venture in the graveyard of empires, and with the current situation in Iraq, I'm not confident in our likelihood of avoiding another ground war in the Middle East.

The problem I have with leaving that place is that it makes the sacrifices of all the soldiers there in vain. It will have been for nothing and that's what bugs me. It's like Iraq. The politicians will just call it "job done" and then everything our troops suffered for will go to hell in no time.
Not sure though whether staying longer would actually help to build up a proper nation.:hmmm:

Better yet Liberia! Somebody has to bring Ebola here to make everybody equal. :nope:

I believe General George S. Patton said something along the lines of "Politicians always stop us short, leaving us with another war to fight."
Not that I condone war, mind you.

Catch-22. Their departure is not going to do anything for local stability, but domestic, foreign and local opinion is strongly against the continuation of ground operations by western forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Damned if they do, Damned if they don't.

I hope that you would leave a stable regime behind -ehem Iraq-.

That said Russia does have an MRD in Tajikistan to keep it stable just in case.

You're correct, nearly 10,000 US troops will still be there for another year yet, along with some Special Forces, who will work with the Afghan Army. If the new President of Afghanistan doesn't gut the Afghan Army like that piece of crap Maliki did with the Iraqi Army, maybe they will have a better chance of protecting themselves. One could only hope I guess.