U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Butcher prepares to set up security after one of the trucks in the convoy was hit by a roadside bomb on the way to Combat Outpost Baraki Barak in Afghanistan's Logar province, Oct. 10, 2012. Butcher, a team leader, is assigned to the 102nd Sapper Company, 307th Engineer Battalion, Combat Airborne, 20th Engineer Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Bonebrake
We're Winning In Afghanistan -- Stewart Upton, Foreign Policy
Why hasn't the media noticed?
Last week, a New York Times editorial argued that it is time for U.S. forces to leave Afghanistan -- a process that it said should not take more than a year, a much faster timeline than the president has proposed.
The editorial reflects the growing effort to justify and rationalize our abandonment of Afghanistan, just as we did after the Soviets left. The international community has repeatedly promised the Afghan people that it would not do that again, specifically because we know many Afghans are concerned their country will fall apart when U.S. and international troops leave at the end of 2014. And yet, as the Associated Press reported in August, there is a sense in Afghanistan that history could repeat itself.
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My Comment: I do not share this optimism. While attacks are down, they are down because the Taliban know that we are leaving .... and why waste good fighters now when you know that you will need them in 2 years to fight against fellow Afghans.