LONDON — Britain's military will stay in Afghanistan until it can look after its own security, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday, dismissing a call from one of his government's defense aides to begin planning a pullout from the country.Sadly, I believe this is President Obama's view, also.
In a major speech on Afghanistan intended to shore up flagging support for the war there and answer critics of his defense policy, Brown was due to tell Britons that "we cannot walk away."
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Committing the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan until it can look after its own security seems stupid. That'll be a very long commitment!
"We can't just walk away." - Why not?
Just for fun, let me quote W:
“... when it comes to our security, we really don't need anybody's permission.”
Do we really need Afghanistan's permission to leave? - And isn't predicating our departure on Afghan readiness just another way of asking permission?
Yes - all hell is likely to break loose. The Taliban may well re-take the country. We stood idly by when this happened with the Soviet departure. We need not stand idly by this time.
Heck - it may even give us a shot at getting Mullah Omar!
It'll take a long time to clean up after W, but the sooner we start, the sooner we'll be finished. Disengaging from Afghanistan is a step in the right direction.
... of course, "Change we can believe in" Obama seems unwilling to actually do anything differently! Fun quote:
Unless things change, they are likely to remain the same.
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