Regarding the article, “U.S. forces will remain in Afghanistan”: When Mr. Obama first ran for president, he was the only candidate to promise to bring our troops home, and for this reason I voted for him; there were no strings attached to his promise except “vote for me.” Now, years later, he is breaking his promise and leaving troops there to support the war, but we all know that as long as we are willing to shed American blood for their cause, they will never become self-sustaining; we have been training them for a long time and they still don’t get it. Why must we shed young American blood for a foreign government in a foreign land? If you say “because of the terrorist threat,” I say “show me your plan”; he has none. I sincerely wish I could roll the clock back and take my vote back. The president lied to me, just to get elected.
Robert Rivera
Marysville
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