President Barack Obama will order a "real drawdown" of U.S. forces from Afghanistan starting in July

[Bravo Zulu]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will order a "real drawdown" of U.S. forces from Afghanistan starting in July, the White House insisted Monday, a milestone in a long war that is testing the patience of the American people and Congress particularly after the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Roughly 100,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan, three times as many as when Obama took office, and U.S. forces are expected to remain there through 2014.

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[Poll_Blind]

1. I'll believe you, Mr. President, after it's done and finished.

The "this time it's for real" shit- dude, I have 3 kids and having kids makes me from Missouri on promises. And my kids didn't even promise to close down Gitmo or not to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

Yawn.

PB

[strawberryfield]

2. Ditto