Time for the U.S. to Get Out of Afghanistan

U.S. strategy -- protecting the population -- is increasingly troop-intensive while Americans are increasingly impatient about "deteriorating" (says Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) conditions. The war already is nearly 50 percent longer than the combined U.S. involvements in two world wars, and NATO assistance is reluctant and often risible. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Fair Spin (Right), Arianna Huffington, NewsRack (Afghanistan), Memeorandum, Opinion Source, Publish2 (World)

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 1, 2009

A fine litany of reasons to leave Afghanistan -- but then what? Will doesn't address what happens when the United States leaves, nor does he define why U.S. troops are still there.

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