American Army Leaving Afghanistan in 2011, 2014, or never?

It might be never, because if we leave Afghanistan right now, they terrorist could take over again, and I know that no one wants that. This might end up being a hundred year war for us. It will be the longest war that the U.S. has ever been in. Obama would like to get us out, but even he can see that that would be a very bad idea right now. We haven't won the war on terror yet.

we'll see, who knows I don't think it'll be 2011, and 2014 is too far off to even wonder about.

oh come on more America bashing maybe you forget there are a lot oa Americans here too and we get damned tired of always hearing how aw3ful we are. okay our troops are there fighting the horrible taliban and also training the afghanistan soldiers in fighting, If our Prisident says they will pull out between 2011 and2014 they willd do so.He is still fairly new and is doing as best he can I think its time to bash some other country for a change destinybattlefield. I will not fight with you but I will command some respect for my fellow Americans., we are not your enemy unless you are taliban.Presidents before Obama and after him often promise to do something one year and they cannot always keeo that promise.If you think you can do a better job than our american president come over here and run for offic e. otherwise..,.....

There's still American military presence in Vietnam, so... I would be very surprised if we ever really truly leave Afghanistan. I hate war though. I'm a pacifist. So this sort of thing really makes me sad.

I think we will never fully pull out of Afghanistan. If we do Afghanistan will fall apart. So I expect to see some tropps there forever. I also feel this way with Iraq. I also think Obama got stuck with to much crap that President Bush left unfinished. Afghanistan and Iraq are 2 of those things. Not everything Obama does wrong is all his fault.

I find that promises should only be made in the event one is one hundred percent sure, as being the President he should know better. It is nice to hope that all the war/attempts can be over and the troops can come home safely.

I think its a hard call since you don't know how the events will turn...of course we want our troops home...I have my nieces bf there right now.....and it's no picnic...so the sooner the better....but one can only hope!

I don't think they should have been there to start with. There have been too many that have lost lives over there. I can't see this as an accomplishment for a bunch of heathrens that are never going to change,

Hard to say, I don't think it will happen this year and even 2014 seems doubtful for me. Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place, car bombs and rebel attacks are every day reality. If NATO troops would be leaving this year, Taliban would have a chance to claim the leading position in the country and all of the efforts of NATO would be ruined, the country would return to the state it was in before invasion of NATO. So for me it seems it will take a lot of time before this country will become civilized and peaceful.

Hiya destiny, I am not sure about anything the Spanish Troops were supposed to be out of there by now and yet they are still going on "Peace Missions". I still feel that they should be out of there too in fact all of them. But I don´t know they will make their minds up sometime or another. I just hope they ALL get Home safe and sound.

Hi destinybattlefield, I am not from US and from India. But one of my uncles is a Soldier with the US Army and he had been to the war at Kuwait long back in his days. I know some idea from his experiences and so can say that it is not an easy task - getting the soldiers back. A bunch of idiots have made this world a place filled with hatred and the unfortunate thing is that they consider this something of self-respect and self-esteem.

may be obama forget his promise, there are something to do in afgan...or afgan like american troop so their people asked for stayed in as long as american troops wants.. or american looking for something profitable in afgan.. i think there so many reason why obama has not gave an order

Excuse me but the question should be ( What the American Army's doing in Afghanistan? )

Firstly I oppose the fact that we even have troops where there aren't even needed. And secondly Obama has been promising various things for quite a while since his campaign started. I feel like he can't be reassuring "We the people" because all it causes us to do is act irrational towards his actions. I think that if he brings back our troops I will eat every one of my words, but forreal it's a good thing he is bringing hope. I just hope it's soon. It just be sooner or later before everyone is going to be obliged to take care of country where it's not even the closes thing to heaven.

nope dont think so until this whole conflict or war is settled . dont know why I called it a conflict as it is a war . And we wil probably stay there till they settle things to some satisfactoin is in place

For starters, his promise was that we would be out of Iraq by 2011, not Afghanistan. He did keep his promise on Iraq, but the down side is the troops were then sent over to Afghanistan. I am with most that I don't support war. I hate and detest war to be honest and feel that none of us across the world should be fighting over anything. However, I am realistic and realize that if someone is a bully then that bully needs to be put down. Afghanistan is a ticking time bomb right now, just look at the recent set backs our own troops have experienced by a "misfire" on the borders. They are just as hot right now as Korea and we need to make sure we're doing our best to help out so as to keep our own country safe. I have friends stationed over there right now and I support the job they are doing. My husband when he was in was stationed for a time in Kosovo and I support the job he did. On that subject, at my husband' sold job there was a man there from Kosovo who when he found out my husband did service time over there to help, he would proudly say "This is my friend (name). He served in Kosovo to help my people. He's a great man". He thought very highly of my husband though they never knew one another prior to that work engagement. Our troops are there trying to help people get their lives back. I'm sure if we were in that situation we would want help as well. And no, war is not pretty and never will be. I think though at times it is simply a necessary evil in this world. Namaste-Anora