So we can give them in a way that we have confidence can in and second, i think if there are people who need to be held accountable, they need to be b held accountable on the basis of those facts. Is the Islamic State as it builds a foothold agent a target for u. S. Forces there . More broadly, the president said the standard of success will be a lasting political settlement. A full drawdown will come with a lasting political settlement. Is that the standard of success that u. S. Troops will remain there until theres a lasting settlement with the taliban . Let me take the first part. Counterterrorism is going to be part of the Enduring Mission. Whatever it takes to protect our country and make sure that afghanistan doesnt become a platform from which terrorism arises, im confident we will take appropriate action. We have to protect our people. With respect to the mission, the president was speaking of that is something to be hoped for. It would provide and we are fully supportive of th
president obama tried to get america out of two wars that were unpopular, but at the same time, after iraq fell into the hands of isis couldn t let the same thing happen with afghanistan. he s done a little here. it doesn t massively change matters on the ground. it s nothing like the troops they had there at one point, but it certainly alarms critics who says they are leaving afghanistan to extremists as well. nick paton walsh, thank you so much. want to bring in rick francona and investigative reporter david rode, who was held by the taliban for a number of months. also brock macintosh, a a guard veteran who served in afghanistan in 2008. he s now a spokesperson for veterans for rethinking afghanistan and a member of iraq veterans against the war. so thank you so much, all of you, for being with me. brock, thank you so much for your service. let me ask you. you served, you sacrifice d.
we rebroadcast our memorial day special of 2012. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman.today we bring you an memorial day special. honor the dead, you ll the wounded, stop the wars. that was the demand of veteran to gathered in chicago in may of 2012, just a year ago at the site of the largest 80 summit in the organization s six decade history. veterans of the wars as well as women for afghans for peace p smart for thousands to the summit gates. iraqi veterans then held a ceremony where more than 40 veterans hurled their war veterans toward the gates of the nato summit. no nato, no war. we don t work for you know more. n-a-t-o we don t kill for you know more. of theby one, veterans wars of nato will walk up on stage. they will tell us why they chose to return their medals to nato. i urge you to honor them by listening to their stories. nowhere else will you hear from so many who fought these wars. ab
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