[Peace-discuss] On Afghanistan: Bravo Donald Trump--"WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS..."

[C. G. Estabrook]

That’s certainly what the good liberals (CIA, FBI, NSA, State Dept., Rep & Dem parties) want, and the reason they're so determined to get Trump out of office (for fear he’ll do what he campaigned on) - so they can continue Obama’s war-making. (What do you think Pres. Biden will do?).  


> On Mar 3, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> Trump's Afghan withdrawal is fake news, a hoax. It's a conditions-based drawdown, which even if fulfilled, will leave the same level of U.S. troops in Afghanistan as when he took office, before his "surge." Same thing Obama did. Welcome to the new boss, same as the old boss. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> To: Peace <peace at anti-war.net>
> Cc: peace-discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 3, 2020 6:23 am
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] On Afghanistan: Bravo Donald Trump
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> https://theintercept.com/2020/03/02/on-afghanistan-three-words-i-never-thought-id-write-bravo-donald-trump/
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> Obama expanded US war in Afghanistan: Trump campaigned on bringing US troops home.

Obama stealthily performed two crucial tasks for the US ruling class:

(1) neutralize the antiwar movement (the largest antiwar demonstrations in history had occurred before the invasion of Iraq); and 

(2) expand the wars he inherited (in Afghanistan and Iraq) and initiate war in six other countries to retard the economic integration of Eurasia.

Trump was the first major party candidate in 40 years to campaign against these neolib and neocon policies. That got him elected, but in office this weakest president since Coolidge largely went along with those policies. The ‘deep state’ has so far prevented withdrawals form Afghanistan and Iraq.

Perhaps that’s changing, but it’s the real reason for the hysterical attempts remove him (Russiagate/impeachment/etc.) —CGE