Eugene Robinson: End The Afghan Mission Now

Here, Mr Robinson, sums up things succinctly:



"This is supposed to be a period of transition from U.S. occupation to Afghan government control. But what do we expect to accomplish between now and 2014, when our troops are supposed to come home? We can be confident that the Afghan government will still be feckless and corrupt. We can anticipate that the Afghan military will still lack personnel, equipment and training. We can be absolutely certain that the Taliban insurgents will still constitute a threat, because — and this is what gung-ho advocates of the war fail to grasp — they live there. To them, Afghanistan is not a battlefield but a home.



It’s their country, not ours. In increasingly clear language, Afghans are telling us to leave. We should listen and oblige. "
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