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Was genau soll im Juli 2011 passieren, wie ist die Afghanistan-Stragie zu verstehen, ist der Sommer im Jahr 2011 ein Ziel, der unumstößliche Beginn des Truppenabzuges oder nur eine theoretische Deadline für das Erreichen gesteckter Ziele. Nach der Rede an die Nation zur Afghanistan-Strategie von US-Präsident Barack Obama wollen es die US-Medien genau wissen und fragen bei Außenministerin Hillary Clinton und Verteidigungsminister Robert Gates nach.

Hillary Clinton sagt: “We’re not talking about an exit strategy or a drop dead deadline. What we’re talking about is an assessment that in January 2011, we can begin a transition. A transition to hand off — responsibility to the Afghan forces.”

Robert Gates sagt: “We’re not talking about an abrupt withdrawal. We’re talking about something that will take place over a period of time…. Our military thinks we have a real opportunity to do that. And it’s not just in the next 18 months. Because we will have a significant — we will have 100,000 forces — troops there. And they are not leaving– in July of 2011. Some handful or some small number or whatever the conditions permit, we’ll begin to withdraw at that time.”

Barack Obama sagte: “Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan – [...] This review is now complete. And as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of Afghanistan. [...]
We will meet these objectives in three ways. First, we will pursue a military strategy that will break the Taliban’s momentum and increase Afghanistan’s capacity over the next 18 months.
The 30,000 additional troops that I’m announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 — the fastest possible pace — so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers. They’ll increase our ability to train competent Afghan security forces, and to partner with them so that more Afghans can get into the fight. And they will help create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans …“ … zur vollständigen Rede in Bild, Ton und Schrift.

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United States Task Force Rotary Wing helicopters, provide ‘route surveilance to the convoy as it makes its way between Tarin Kowt and Kandahar. Photo by LCPL Joshua New, Courtesy Australian Government Department of Defence;
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division forge a stream during a security patrol in Chabar, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009. The Soldiers are conducting counter insurgency operations in support of Operation Eduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II;
DoD.mil; Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepare for an interview on the NBC morning news program ?Meet the Press? in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2009. This was the first time that the two secretaries had appeared on the program together. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen)