Poised to decide whether to surge U.S. troops into Afghanistan, President Trump aims to “fully eliminate” threats to U.S. and allied interests around the world, the White House said Tuesday. “We need to fully eliminate any threat around the globe, frankly, not just in Afghanistan, that poses a threat to our people and our allies,” press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at his daily briefing. The review of America’s
Afghanistan strategy is done, and the president will be briefed “soon,” a top aide told Yahoo News. This sets the stage for Trump to decide whether or not to hurl more troops into America’s longest war. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson Jr., warned the Senate Armed Services Committee in early February that the war in Afghanistan was in a “stalemate” and that “we have a shortfall of a few thousand” troops. READ MORE
I hope Trump lets the war fighters fight. I hope he never starts something he doesn’t intend to finish. I hope our war fighters are free from the PC chains and do not haft to worry about inflicting collateral damage and can use any weapon or tactic needed to WIN AGAIN. As a retired war fighter I never want war as that means someone will be dying. I never want to see a pix of another solider dying. It is a terrible emotional pain for the living that they will carry with them the rest of their lives. May GOD bless President Trump and guide him in making wise decisions.