“Addressing U.S. troops at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii on Christmas, President Barack Obama said that Afghanistan will not be “a source of terrorist attacks again,” according to media reports. Obama’s speech was delivered just a week before the U.S. combat mission in the country is scheduled to end.
“We’ve been in continuous war now for over 13 years,” Obama reportedly said. “Next week we will be ending our combat mission in Afghanistan.
“Because of the extraordinary service of the men and women in the American armed forces, Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country,” Obama reportedly told the troops. “The world is better, it’s safer, it’s more peaceful, it’s more prosperous and our homeland protected because of you.”
Although most U.S. and NATO troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, a residual force of about 13,000 soldiers, including 10,800 American soldiers, will stay back to train and assist the Afghan army.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/obama-hails-end-afghan-war-christmas-address-says-world-better-safer-1767334
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