Obama Vision of "Ending" Afghan War Includes Longterm Large-scale US Military Presence

Lauren McCauley @ Common Dreams - In comments made Tuesday afternoon at the White House, President Obama laid out his plan to draw down the number of occupying forces in Afghanistan, indicating that his vision of succcess in terms of U.S. foreign policy is that in 2015, nearly ten thousand U.S. troops would remain "in harms way" overseas.

According to President Obama, the number of troops will be cut from its current level of 32,000 to 9,800 by 2015.  Read more.