[Bobwhite Blather] Training, advising and assisting

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Bobwhite Blather has posted a new item, 'Training, advising and assisting'

For the past eleven-plus years, the United States military has been engaged in
warfare in the mountainous Asian nation of Afghanistan, assisting the Afghan
forces in defending against the Taliban. Politics aside, many observers have
been looking forward to an end to US involvement. Chiefly among them are
families of our fighting men and women, many of whom were Scouts as youth.

Within the last few days, President Obama announced his intention to pursue an
accelerated withdrawal of fighting forces from Afghanistan. No longer would
American troops be fighting the battles; rather, most will come home, and for
those who remain, their role will be one of training, advising and assisting
Afghan forces as they engage in combat against their country's insurgents.

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