WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid fresh concerns over the safety of American forces, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the accidental burning of Qurans in Afghanistan and the retaliatory killings of U.S. troops gave new credence to the need to end the war.
"I think that it is an indication of the challenges in that environment, and it's an indication that now is the time for us to transition," Obama said during a White House news conference.
Obama announced no speeding up of the NATO-backed plan to end combat missions in Afghanistan at the end of 2014, saying "that continues to be the plan." But he said the violence aimed at Americans in Afghanistan that followed the accidental burning of Qurans on a U.S. base was "unacceptable."
And Obama did nothing but fuel their Rage by apologizing.
ReplyDelete10:23, I wonder if the commanders on the ground, who I think are more intune with the situation, thought the same thing when they advised the pres. to issue the apology
ReplyDelete