Afghanistan Drawdown Agreement still a little Scary
If you have not read the article by Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt of the Associated Press titled US to defend Afghanistan for decade after drawdown , I suggest you give it a look. While I normally can understand some of the moves made by this administration, I am having a difficult time defending this one. The purpose can be easily explained but there are parts of this agreement that I believe could be problematic and very hard to swallow. The reports states that in the agreement “the United States also pledged it will not launch attacks on other countries from Afghan soil” and while I can see partially why that would be important, a clearer explanation needs to be made. The report further explains that “the draft agreement on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement ensures Americans will provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a decade beyond the 2014 deadline.” This is one place where I really have a problem...