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Showing Original Post only (View all)Please educate me on the rationality of the new Afghan...US Pact proposal [View all]
A week or so ago, a video of Rachel Maddow's interview with Richard Engel was posted where Richard Engel was breaking the news about a pact regarding the US maintaining (read paying for & staffing) bases in Afghanistan through 2024 and perhaps beyond.
I admit I did not read the thread as I had seen the segment on Rachel's show the night before. I have since been unable to find that thread and the resulting discussion. That thread and any related threads have been noticeably absent here.
I understood the rationale for the 2001 presence (to hunt down Bin Laden), but we accomplished that.
So WTF are we asking the Afghani's to sign a pact that will keep us mired in that quagmire for another decade minimum?
Please help me understand that!
A link from Reuters where Carney is pressing Afghanistan to sign....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-afghanistan-usa-whitehouse-idUSBRE9AL0VK20131122
Peace