Source: Asia Times:
he Clausewitzean fog of war is thickening in the Hindu Kush. The New York Times reported over the weekend that President Barack Obama is seriously considering a “zero option” for Afghanistan, namely, a total pullout of American troops by end-2014 – lock, stock and barrel, as they say.
Sounds incredible? Indeed, it may at this point, when Washington is reported to be in the final stages of negotiation for concluding a status of forces agreement [SOFA] with the Kabul government to establish nine military bases in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been spent to renovate some of those bases where American soldiers would eventually stay. Obama would know all that money could have been spent on repairing the freeways in America.
Categories: Americas