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Trump vows "fight to win" in Afghanistan - 8/22/2017 3:51:33 AM [Awaiting Approval]
Trump vows "fight to win" in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has said a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill.
He said his original instinct was to pull US forces out, but had instead decided to stay and "fight to win" - avoiding the mistakes made in Iraq.
He said he wanted to shift from a time-based approach in Afghanistan to one based on conditions on the ground and said he would not set out deadlines.
However, the US president warned it was not a "blank cheque".
"America will work with the Afghan government, so long as we see commitment and progress," he said.
Mr Trump also warned Pakistan that the US would no longer tolerate the country offering "safe havens" to extremists, saying the country had "much to lose" if it did not side with the Americans.
"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars - at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," he said.
He also said the US would seek a stronger partnership with India.
Lets see some of the stuff he said on Twitter in the past just to check in-case he had a bit of a change of heart.
Let’s get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA.
10:55 AM - 11 Jan 2013
Solar eclipse – looked right at the sun today didnt he? I swear I saw the orange beast horns grow some more and a fuking tail probably.
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