President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the United States pull back from combat outposts and confine its troops to military bases in Afghanistan, an apparent response to Sunday’s shooting rampage by a U.S. staff sergeant.
Meanwhile, the Taliban said it was suspending preliminary peace talks with the United States because of Washington’s “alternating and ever-changing position,” and accused U.S. officials of reneging on promises to take meaningful steps toward a prisoner swap.
I really believe we should leave. But when we leave, we should really, really leave. Not one dime of foreign aid, not one rowboat for Afghan defense, not one thought about the public welfare of the civilian public. They are barbarian by choice; let them be so.
Wait, why were we going to “negotiate” with the Taliban?