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After extending the Trump 1 May 2021 deadline to pull out of Afghanistan to 11 September, they’re now pushing the idea of a “troop surge.”<\/p>\n
In what world would a “surge” be considered “small”? That’s like being a little bit pregnant.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon is pulling out its old Afghanistan drawdown plans and reworking them for a Sept. 11 deadline, per President Joe Biden\u2019s announcement of the end of Operation Resolute Support on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 2,500 troops deployed to that country may see some back-up arriving to help with removing equipment, shutting down operations centers and maintaining security as the Taliban seeks to take advantage of their focus on closing up shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t speak with great specificity right now … but it is not out of the realm of the possible that for a short period of time, there will have to be some additional enabling capabilities added to Afghanistan to, again, help effect a safe, orderly and deliberately planned drawdown of everybody by the president\u2019s deadline,\u201d Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n
More specific tasking will be coming out closer to the end of the month, he added, but he could not specify a deadline for the withdrawal plan, which will be set into motion on May 1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
More at the source; Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n
Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for sending the story in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"