Earlier on Wednesday, President Obama announced that the troop slowdown in Afghanistan would be effectively canceled.
This, of course, means that these tweets from a few years ago are pretty awkward today:
"The war in Afghanistan is ending. Al Qaeda is on the run. And Osama bin Laden is dead." —President Obama
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 6, 2012
President Obama: "This time of war began in Afghanistan & this is where it will end."
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 1, 2012
President Obama: "I told you we’d end the war in Iraq. We did. I said we’d end the war in Afghanistan. We are." #PromiseKept
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 24, 2012
VP on Afghanistan: "We will leave in 2014."
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 12, 2012
President Obama: "By the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over."
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 13, 2013
"By the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over." #SOTU
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 13, 2013
Guess this isn't so much of a #PromiseKept any more, huh?