Trump Cancels Afghanistan War Due to Weather
WASHINGTON — A light drizzle in Kandahar has prompted the president to cancel the war in Afghanistan, according to a white house press conference.
Weather forecasts were optimistic at first, saying that the rain was going to pass within a few hours, but it soon became clear that the inclement weather wasn't going anywhere.
"At first, we thought about just postponing it," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. "But ultimately, we got together and decided that you really can't predict the weather, so we felt it was best to just cancel the whole thing."
"Nobody was going to show up anyway," Sanders continued. "Most people didn't even know it was going on in the first place. Hell, Ezra Klein didn't even know we were at war five days ago."
A redeployment effort began immediately, with members of the Army striking tents at all forward operating bases and organizing airlift back to U.S. and European bases. Air Force bases throughout the middle east have already set th…
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