Trump vows dramatic shift in Afghanistan strategy
BY <http://thehill.com/author/jordan-fabian> JORDAN FABIAN - 08/21/17 09:31 PM EDT <http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347424-trump-vows-dramatic-shift -in-afghanistan-strategy#bottom-story-socials> 104 643 <mailto:?subject=TheHill.com%3A%20Trump%20vows%20dramatic%20shift%20in%20Afg hanistan%20strategy&body=From%20TheHill.com%3A%20%0A%0A%22I%20will%20not%20s ay%20when%20we%20are%20going%20to%20attack%2C%20but%20attack%20we%20will.%E2 %80%9D%0A%0Ahttp%3A//thehill.com/homenews/administration/347424-trump-vows-d ramatic-shift-in-afghanistan-strategy> © Getty Images President Trump on Monday announced he will not pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, saying hes committed to a new strategy aimed at winning the nations longest war. During a prime-time address to the nation, Trump declared a rapid exit from the war-torn nation would leave a major power vacuum that would create a new safe haven for terrorists a result he called predictable and unacceptable. The president acknowledged his original instinct was to pull out, a reference to his long-held view that the U.S. erred when it went entered Afghanistan and that the military should withdraw quickly. But he said the calculation is different when you sit behind the desk in the Oval Office" and that he has determined the U.S. must continue to fight to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The American people are weary of war without victory. I share the American peoples frustration, Trump said, adding that, in the end, we will fight and we will win. Trumps speech at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., was cast as an announcement of his revised strategy in Afghanistan, but he offered few specifics about his plan. While the president is widely expected to send roughly 4,000 additional U.S. troops to the country, a recommendation made by the Pentagon, Trump declined to say how many troops he would send or reveal a firm timeline for how long they would serve there. We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plan for further military activities, he said. Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy for now on. I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will. EM On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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