Posted by A contradiction in stated Afghanistan War goals has emerged at the highest levels of American government.
While President Barack Obama has indicated he would like US troops to begin leaving Afghanistan in 2011, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton point out there is no deadline or exit strategy.
“We’re not talking about an abrupt withdrawal. We’re talking about something that will take place over a period of time,” Gates told Meet the Press. “We will have 100,000 troops there. And they are not leaving in July of 2011. Some handful or some small number or whatever the conditions permit, will begin to withdraw at that time.”
Clinton added that in 2011 the military would begin what she called “a transition.”
“We’re not talking about an exit strategy or a drop-dead deadline,” she said. “You know, we’re gonna be out of Iraq. We have a firm deadline, because the Iraqis believe that they can assume and will assume responsibility for their own future. We want the Afghans to feel the same sense of urgency. We want them to actually make good on what President Karzai said in his inaugural speech, which is that by five years from now they’ll have total control for their defense.”
video is from NBC’s Meet the Press, broadcast Dec. 6, 2009.
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