Trump Reportedly Mulls Firing U.S. Military Commander In Afghanistan

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Re: Trump Reportedly Mulls Firing U.S. Military Commander In Afghanistan

@Bobby1

I think his biggest asset is that people underestimate him, that is how he won the election. I truly feel that Obama created this mess by being too afraid to take action, he is going hard after ISIS and next will be Afghanistan and regime change in Pakistan also points towards serious action against terrorism.

There hasn’t been any policy change viz ISIS as Trump usually blows hard then finds out that it is too hard (governing is not a joke) and then quietly follows Obama policies. The only thing that could be different now is that US is now ‘loose’ with what qualifies as collateral damage but that will come to haunt everyone if Sunnis are still alienated in the region.

As for afghanistan, the official reason is that America is securing Afghanistan so that Pakistan isn’t destabilized along with the usually AQ in afghanistan line. You can call it the US playing spoiler in the region and putting an eye on Pakistan so it doesn’t drift far away from US orbit but ultimately, US can’t f**k up a 200 million strong country with nuclear weapons. Compared to us, af ghaa nis tan is a sideshow at best.