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I've always thought we should have hit the Taliban hard and left, keeping a carrier group offshore to punish any new training camps or centers of terror suspects.
I think the real problem with leaving isn't even Afghanistan but rather Pakistan. It's quite possible that they will move to assert influence via proxy like they did with the Pakistan, undermining any effort to establish any central authority.
At the same time they'll blow smoke up our rears while they demand money for their efforts to fight terrorism.
My guess is that Obama's strategy is to secure as much of Kandahar as possible as it's such a critical city...hand things over and get out. We'll negotiate a deal with Pakistan for right to continue overfly rights and keep the special forces/drone attacks going based on available intel.
Hard to believe it's been nearly a decade.
-spence
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