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The Trump administration will drastically limit the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. But this is not a total withdrawal that the president has previously signaled. In Afghanistan, the number will drop from 2,000 to 2,500 and in Iraq from 500 to 2,500. The troop withdrawal should be ready by January 15, writes Reuters.
According to Pengaton’s boss Christopher Miller, the decision was made after months of deliberation.
“This very morning, I spoke with key leaders in Congress as well as our allies and partners abroad to update them on these plans in light of our common approach,” he said in a statement to CNBC News.
Christopher miller He has spoken with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, among others.
“We go in together and we adapt together and when the time comes we will go together,” he says.
Christopher Miller is the acting defense secretary after Mark Esper, who was fired by Donald Trump this week.
Miller claims he is “tired of war” and says it is time to end America’s conflicts in the Middle East.
“We are not a people that wage eternal war, it is the opposite of everything we defend and what our ancestors fought for. All wars must end,” he said.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warns of a withdrawal, in a direct critical statement to President Trump. McConnelll says the withdrawal means giving the extremists “a great propaganda victory,” TT writes.
Jan Hallenberg, Research Leader at the Foreign Policy Institute, he believes that the troop reduction is about Trump wanting to show that he is delivering on what he promised: ending “eternal wars.”
– It does not obtain it, but here marks in any case that that is the objective, says.
According to Hallenberg, this was one of the reasons the president fired Defense Minister Mark Esper.
– To obey you.
The text is updated
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