WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that US troops would hand over security control to Afghan forces sooner than previously announced and he placed new hope in a negotiated settlement with the Taliban after more than a decade of war.
In a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the East Room of the White House, the presidents of two nations linked by war said the mission in Afghanistan was reaching a turning point. The two leaders, who have clashed in the past, presented a common front in saying that Afghan forces were making enough progress to transfer more authority to them — and potentially accelerate a drawdown of US troops over the next two years.
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The US just needs to get out of the Middle East and start taking care of our own country. We were only there because of Bush and his oil interests. Pretty sad state of affairs when you think about those 2174 American soldiers killed and over 80,000 wounded or maimed for life. For what?
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