{"id":32215,"date":"2012-10-02T06:40:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32215"},"modified":"2012-10-02T06:40:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T10:40:17","slug":"nato-hints-at-early-withdrawal-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32215","title":{"rendered":"NATO hints at early withdrawal from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Guardian<\/a>, NATO’s secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the organization is contemplating an early withdrawal of coalition troops from Afghanistan, largely because of those “negligible” insider murders;<\/p>\n

“From now until the end of 2014 you may see adaptation of our presence. Our troops can redeploy, take on other tasks, or even withdraw, or we can reduce the number of foreign troops,” he said. “From now until the end of 2014 we will see announcements of redeployments, withdrawals or drawdown \u2026 If the security situation allows, I would not exclude the possibility that in certain areas you could accelerate the process.”<\/p>\n

Rasmussen admitted that the killings of almost 50 allied troops this year in “green on blue” attacks \u2013 Afghan security forces turning on their trainers and mentors \u2013 had damaged the relationship between the international forces and the Afghan police and military.<\/p>\n

“There’s no doubt insider attacks have undermined trust and confidence, absolutely,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you mean to tell me that in the space of a few weeks those attacks have gone from being “negligible” to being the entire reason we’re leaving? It’s also just a few days after the schedules withdrawal of the “surge” troops. So it looks to me like having a scheduled insertion and withdrawal of the much-vaunted surge forces kind of worked against the whole surge thing didn’t it? I wonder who could have seen that coming? Certainly not Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a> reports that the coalition has abandoned a negotiated end to the war, since they’re not really negotiating from a position of strength;<\/p>\n

With the surge of American troops over and the Taliban still a potent threat, American generals and civilian officials acknowledge that they have all but written off what was once one of the cornerstones of their strategy to end the war here: battering the Taliban into a peace deal. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, the CIA and General McCrystal told the administration that would happen if this administration didn’t fully staff a surge like the generals requested. And, viola, there you go. This administration was more interested in mollifying their base while trying to look like they are tough on terrorism. A half-assed response got a half-assed result. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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