Military Insider: Has ISIL Rise Triggered Rethink in Afghan Strategy?

摘要

So the troops are coming back from Afghanistan and the mission is over. Really? Haven't we heard this somewhere before? On Aug. 31, 2010, President Obama announced the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) confirming: "We've removed nearly 100,000 U.S. troops from Iraq. We've closed or transferred to the Iraqis hundreds of bases. And we have moved millions of pieces of equipment out of Iraq. This completes a transition to Iraqi responsibility for their own security." All well and good, it seemed.