https://www.rt.com/usa/400458-trump-afghanistan-announcement-troops-strategy/

This is no surprise to anyone here, but the US is never getting out of the middle east, not when it can't decouple itself from Israel.

This new plan is to appease the neo-cons and distract people, of course. Maybe he is hoping he can keep himself from being impeached by re-starting a "war." He's been digging around to start a war for a while now.

I guess Europe can expect more refugees, and America too. And now liberals can attack Trump for being a war monger. Is the circle complete? Trump was thinking about North Korea as a target, but probably realized it would be a disaster and the probable end of global-zionist America.

Trump clearly states this is for internal reasons too. He wants a war to send away all the White men he saw in Charlottesville, and needs an external enemy (terrorism) to unite broken American again, or so he implied.

I predict that they are going to force change the "alternative Right" and Trump's base supporters into a Neo-con/counter-jihadist/ pro-Israel/support-the-troops movement. Which means eliminating the White Nationalist/Neo-nazi faction of Trump's supporters, and any anti-war segment too. This is already in the works (as many know).

I think this will mostly be successful (heavy censorship on the right and a distracting war for patriotards/Trump supporters).

'We won't talk troop numbers': Trump vows 'clear definition of victory' in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump will loosen the rules of engagement for US troops in Afghanistan, but did not specify any changes in numbers of troops during his national address on the war at the Army's Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, next to Arlington National Cemetery.

Trump began his remarks addressing the recent violent political divisions, most vividly seen in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week.

"When one part of America hurts, we all hurt," Trump said, adding, "Loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another."

Trump added that US troops fighting wars abroad "deserve to return to a country that is not at war with itself at home."

Trump acknowledged that his "instincts" told him to pull out troops from Afghanistan.

As a presidential candidate, Trump expressed frustration with former President Barack Obama’s policies in Afghanistan. Trump had tweeted to "get out" as recently as November 2013 and as early as August 2011.

"Historically, I like following my instincts," Trump said. He concluded differently, however.

"A hasty withdrawal," Trump said, would create a "vacuum" for terrorists.

Trump lamented the 20 terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the "highest concentration in any region, anywhere in the world," he said.

"Pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos," he said, noting that there is nuclear-powered tensions between Pakistan and its neighbor India.

Trump called terrorists "nothing but thugs and criminals and, that's right, losers."

"We will not talk about numbers of troops," Trump said.

"Conditions on the ground," not public timetables, will determine the US' strategy, he said.

"I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will," he added.

"We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists," he said.

"Our troops will fight to win," Trump said, and he insisted victory in Afghanistan would be clearly defined.

"Finally," the president said, "my administration will ensure that you, the brave defenders of the American people, will have the necessary tools and rules of engagement to make this strategy work."

"But we will no longer use American military might to construct democracies in far away lands, or try to rebuild other countries in our own image – those days are now over," Trump said. "Instead, we will work with allies and partners to protect our shared interests. We are not asking others to change their way of life, but to pursue common goals that allow our children to live better lives. This Principled Realism will guide our decisions moving forward."

Trump was widely expected to heed the advice of his senior advisors Monday evening and announce an increase of the number of US troops in Afghanistan, which currently stands around 8,400.

About 2,400 Americans have died in the war, the longest in the US’ history.