U.S. Troop Level in Afghanistan Surpasses Iraq

[laststeamtrain]

Source: CBS NEWS

U.S. Troop Level in Afghanistan Surpasses Iraq
by David Martin

It's official.

The Pentagon says there are now more U.S. troops in Afghanistan (94,000) than in Iraq (92,000), reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

This day has been coming ever since the Obama administration began the strategic shift from Iraq as the primary theater of war to Afghanistan.

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By the end of the summer, if all proceeds according to plan, the U.S. will have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan and 50,000 in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20005778-503543.html

[saigon68]

1. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Flaneur]

2. 5/25/2016 headline: US Troop Level in Iran Surpasses Afghanistan.

[elias49]

3. I think you might be onto something.

And then North Korea? Hey, why not? The Bush doctrine slithers along on its belly like a reptile.

[Robb]

4. Down from 160,000 in Iraq ALONE in 2008.

Inconvenient to the narrative here, but there it is.

[aquart]

5. It's a nice place to go home from.