re: Russia, Syria, and Iran teaming up in Baghdad...

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It's an Afghan base and has been for a year now

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you are thick as frick

All these bases are owned by the host nation. US and Nato troops still run them and are the majority at them.

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Bagram Airfield is currently maintained by the Combined Joint Task Force 10th Mountain Division (CJTF-10), having taken over from the 101st Airborne Division in the winter of 2013. It is also maintained by 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (Task Force Pale Horse) and 3-10 GSAB (Task Force Phoenix) of the U.S. Army, with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing of the U.S. Air Force and other U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and ISAF units having sizable tenant populations. In addition, the U.S. government regional platform for the east is at the base, staffed by civilians.

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Does not change the fact the base is owned by the Afghan government. I've never said we don't have any forces left in country. What I've said is our leader has (1) slashed the number of troops there and (2) declared and end of combat operations

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You are still being thick. Combat Operations are not over. We still run and operate the bases and conduct missions from them.

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Our forces are reduced to support, advise, and train the Afghan force who is now doing all the fighting. And from what I've read, they're losing ground.

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You are being naive if you think that is the only thing American troops are doing over there.

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I'm not in Afghanistan. I can only go by what is reported by the people in charge. And they're saying it's over.

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What exactly are they doing past advisory, training, and support? Link?

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455th Expeditionary Operations Group
The operations group is responsible for all expeditionary flying and aeromedical evacuation operations for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. The group oversees the day-to-day operations of one F-15E fighter squadron, one active-duty F-16 squadron, one MC-12 squadron, one National Guard C-130 airlift squadron, and a Navy EA-6B squadron. The EOG also has administrative control over an active-duty EC-130 electronic combat squadron. In addition, the operations group oversees a range of support functions such as airfield management and operations for both Bagram and Kabul, air traffic control, intelligence, weather, and a medical clinic that serves the wing.

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Dropping bombs still

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So air support... against a foe that has no air force or anti air assets to speak of. We launch air strikes in all sorts of places. Iraq, Syria, Yemen come to mind right off the top of my head. That's not stopped Obama from declaring both the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars as being over. One again, if you'ere going to get mad, get mad at the guy that made the declaration, not me.

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But you said combat operations are over, clearly CAS in support of American troops on the ground and the Afghans is a combat mission.

Special Operations missions are still going on , the door kickers are still doing their jobs. The SF guys are still over there training the Afghans and getting into fire fights side by side with them. This isn't some super secret stuff.

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But you said combat operations are over, clearly CAS in support of American troops on the ground and the Afghans is a combat mission.

Special Operations missions are still going on , the door kickers are still doing their jobs. The SF guys are still over there training the Afghans and getting into fire fights side by side with them. This isn't some super secret stuff.

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Obama declared combat operations are over. Take it up with him.

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and here you are agreeing with him

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I've never agreed with him on anything. You've been arguing with me for hours without realizing you and I probably agree far more on this than you'd think. I think his declaration is one of the most stupid and absurd things he's done since he took office. And considering the mountain of bad decisions he's made, that's saying something. What he's done is take away the needed strength, tools, and leadership to actually achieve anything in Afghanistan. Yeah we've still got a few guys and a few assets there now. But it's nothing more than a shadow of what is needed. And when it's all said and done, the Taliban will march right back in to Kabul and pick up where they left off. Just as Obama snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq, he's done the same in Afghanistan. I'd call him a worthless shite stain but that would be an insult to turds.

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Arguing semantics, arguing just to argue

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Well, that's how we do it round these parts.

You two have been talking in circles. Saying the same thing and using different words and different viewpoints but still agreeing with each other no matter how hard you try to disagree