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Subject: A promise made and a promise betrayed
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t bottom.PLEASE SHAREA promise made . . . and . . . a promise betrayed!
In May, Pres. Obama told us ". . . this is the year we will conclude our co=
mbat mission in Afghanistan.... America's combat mission will be over by th=
e end of this year."
Friday we learned he secretly authorized at least another year of combat op=
erations.
The president is listening to the Pentagon and arms industry. He needs to h=
ear from us.
TELL OBAMA:END IT, DON'T EXTEND IT!
The Promise
May 27, 2014 - NY Times
U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016
In a presidential address to the American people, Barack Obama said this:=20
"2014, therefore, is a pivotal year. Together with our allies and the Afgha=
n government, we have agreed this is the year we will conclude our combat m=
ission in Afghanistan.... America's combat mission will be over by the end =
of this year.=20
"Starting next year, Afghans will be fully responsible for securing their c=
ountry. American personnel will be in an advisory role. We will no longer p=
atrol Afghan cities or towns, mountains or valleys. That is a task for the =
Afghan people....=20
"At the beginning of 2015, we will have approximately 9800 U.S. service mem=
bers in different parts of the country together with our NATO allies and ot=
her partners. By the end of 2015, we will have reduced that presence by rou=
ghly half and will have consolidated our troops in Kabal and and on Bagram =
Airfield. One year later, by the end of 2016, our military will draw down t=
o a normal embassy presence in Kabul, with a security assistance component,=
just as we have done in Iraq....
"The bottom line is that it is time to turn the page on more than a decade =
in which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in Afghanist=
an and Iraq....
"We have to recognize that Afghanistan will not be a perfect place and it i=
s not America's responsibility to make it one. The future of Afghanistan mu=
st be decided by Afghans."
more
The Betrayal
November 21, 2014 - NY Times
In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat
WASHINGTON =E2=80=94President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a =
more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than origina=
lly planned, a move that ensures American troops will have a direct role in=
fighting in the war-ravaged country for at least another year. (emphasis a=
dded)
Mr. Obama=E2=80=99s order allows American forces to carry out missions agai=
nst the Taliban and other militant groups threatening American troops or th=
e Afghan government, a broader mission than the president described to the =
public earlier this year, according to several administration, military and=
congressional officials with knowledge of the decision. The new authorizat=
ion also allows American jets, bombers and drones to support Afghan troops =
on combat missions....
Mr. Obama=E2=80=99s decision, made during a White House meeting in recent w=
eeks with his senior national security advisers, came over the objection of=
some of his top civilian aides, who argued that American lives should not =
be put at risk next year in any operations against the Taliban =E2=80=94 an=
d that they should have only a narrow counterterrorism mission against Al Q=
aeda.
But the military pushed back, and generals both at the Pentagon and in Afgh=
anistan urged Mr. Obama to define the mission more broadly to allow America=
n troops to attack the Taliban, the Haqqani network and other militants if =
intelligence revealed that the extremists were threatening American forces =
in the country.
more
PROMISE BROKEN
Instead of a plane ride home, U.S. troops will be treated to more of this:
The president is listening to the Pentagon and arms industry. He needs to h=
ear from us.
TELL OBAMA:END IT, DON'T EXTEND IT!
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51, 0);"><span style=3D"font-size: 30px;"><span style=3D"font-family: impa=
ct;">A promise made . . . and . . . </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, =
0);"><span style=3D"font-family: impact;">a promise betrayed</span></span><=
/span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 30px;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255=
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<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"><b><span style=3D"font-family: Aria=
l;"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">In May, Pres. Obama told us</span> "=
. . . </span><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><span style=3D"font-family:=
Arial;">this is the year we will conclude our combat mission in Afghanist=
an.... America's combat mission will be over by the end of this year."</sp=
an></span></b><br>
</span></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: left;">=
<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">=
<b><span style=3D"font-family: Arial;">Friday we learned he secretly author=
ized at least another year of combat operations.</span></b></span></span></=
p>
<p style=3D"text-align: left;">=
<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">=
<b><span style=3D"font-family: Arial;">The president is listening to the Pe=
ntagon and arms industry. </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(170, 0, 0)=
;"><span style=3D"font-family: Arial;"><u>He needs to hear from us</u>.</sp=
an></span></b></span></span></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: center;=
"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"font-size: 30px;"><=
span style=3D"font-family: impact;">TELL OBAMA</span></span></span><span st=
yle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"font-size: 30px;"><span style=
=3D"font-family: impact;">:</span></span></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0=
, 51, 0);"><span style=3D"font-size: 30px;"><span style=3D"font-family: imp=
act;"> </span><a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
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L9pdTZ"><span style=3D"color: rgb(170, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0,=
0, 255);"><span style=3D"font-family: impact;">END IT, DON'T EXTEND IT</sp=
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"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 0, 0=
);"><span style=3D"font-size: large;"><b>The Promise</b></span></span></spa=
n></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: left;">=
<span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">May 27, 2014 - <i>NY Times</i></span><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: small;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: center;=
"><a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D2PhIO1Hib=
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style=3D"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><sp=
an style=3D"background-color: white;"><i><b><span style=3D"line-height: 175=
%; font-family: Georgia;"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">U.S. Troops to=
Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016</span></span></b></i></span></span></span=
></i></a></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: center;=
"><a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DKN8WE33Sq=
GnBPU2vmDWiDhz6K6ocVJr3" target=3D"_blank" mce_href=3D"http://org.salsalabs=
.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DKN8WE33SqGnBPU2vmDWiDhz6K6ocVJr3"><img wid=
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lsalabs.com/o/2488/images/Obama%20Afghanistan%20address.May27.2014(1).png" =
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<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">In a pre=
sidential address to the American people, Barack Obama said this: </sp=
an></p>
<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">"2014, t=
herefore, is a pivotal year. Together with our allies and the Afghan govern=
ment, we have agreed this is the year we will conclude our combat mission i=
n Afghanistan.... America's combat mission will be over by the end of this =
year. </span></p>
<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">"Startin=
g next year, Afghans will be fully responsible for securing their country. =
American personnel will be in an advisory role. We will no longer patrol Af=
ghan cities or towns, mountains or valleys. That is a task for the Afghan p=
eople.... </span></p>
<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">"At the =
beginning of 2015, we will have approximately 9800 U.S. service members in =
different parts of the country together with our NATO allies and other part=
ners. By the end of 2015, we will have reduced that presence by roughly hal=
f and will have consolidated our troops in Kabal and and on Bagram Airfield=
. One year later, by the end of 2016, our military will draw down to a norm=
al embassy presence in Kabul, with a security assistance component, just as=
we have done in Iraq....</span></p>
<p style=3D"text-align: center;=
"><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;"><img width=3D"277" height=3D"178" ali=
gn=3D"absMiddle" alt=3D"" src=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2488/images/US%=
20troops%20depart%20Afghanistan.PROMISED.jpg"></span></p>
<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">"The bot=
tom line is that it is time to turn the page on more than a decade in which=
so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in Afghanistan and I=
raq....</span></p>
<p style=3D'margin: 0px 0px 1em=
5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">"We have=
to recognize that Afghanistan will not be a perfect place and it is not Am=
erica's responsibility to make it one. The future of Afghanistan must=
be decided by Afghans."</span><span style=3D"font-size: small;"> <br=
>
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<span style=3D"font-family: Verdana;"><b>The Betrayal</b></span></span></sp=
an></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: sm=
aller;">November 21, 2014 - <i>NY Times</i><br>
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style=3D"background-color: white;"><i><b><span style=3D"line-height: 175%; =
font-family: Georgia;">In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat=
</span></b></i></span></span></span></a></p>
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5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">WASHINGT=
ON =E2=80=94President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more exp=
ansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally plan=
ned,</span><i><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;"> a move that ensures Amer=
ican troops will have a direct role in fighting in the war-ravaged country =
for at least another year.</span></i><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;"> (=
emphasis added)</span><i><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;"><br>
</span></i></p>
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5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">Mr. Obam=
a=E2=80=99s order allows American forces to carry out missions against the =
Taliban and other militant groups threatening American troops or the Afghan=
government, a broader mission than the president described to the public e=
arlier this year, according to several administration, military and congres=
sional officials with knowledge of the decision. The new authorization also=
allows American jets, bombers and drones to support Afghan troops on comba=
t missions....</span></p>
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5px; text-align: justify; line-height: 0.9rem; font-family: georgia, "time=
s new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgrou=
nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">Mr. Obam=
a=E2=80=99s decision, made during a White House meeting in recent weeks wit=
h his senior national security advisers, came over the objection of some of=
his top civilian aides, who argued that American lives should not be put a=
t risk next year in any operations against the Taliban =E2=80=94 and that t=
hey should have only a narrow counterterrorism mission against Al Qaeda.</s=
pan></p>
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mes new roman" , times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; backgr=
ound-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style=3D"font-size: smaller;">But th=
e military pushed back, and generals both at the Pentagon and in Afghanista=
n urged Mr. Obama to define the mission more broadly to allow American troo=
ps to attack the Taliban, the Haqqani network and other militants if intell=
igence revealed that the extremists were threatening American forces in the=
country.</span><a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&=
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(255, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"font-size: large;">PROMISE BROKEN</span></span=
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normal;"><b><span style=3D"font-size: small;">Instead of a plane ride home,=
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: normal;"><img width=3D"241" height=3D"154" align=3D"absMiddle" alt=3D"" s=
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5px; text-align: center; line-height: 0.9rem; font-size: 11px; font-weight=
: normal;"><img width=3D"241" height=3D"136" align=3D"absMiddle" alt=3D"" s=
rc=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2488/images/US%20casualty%20in%20Afghanist=
an.jpg"></p>
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13.jpg"></p>
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