OBAMA RHETORIC PROLONGS U.S. ROLE IN CIVIL WAR

"President Obama (said)... “We did not choose this war. This is the region where the perpetrators of that crime, al Qaeda, still base their leadership"... That’s clever phrasing, to use the word “region” and not “country,” since Al Qaeda’s forces are no longer in Afghanistan. They’re in Pakistan. So the U.S. is not waging a war against Al Qaeda anymore—and hasn’t been for years. It’s taking sides in a civil war, with the Pashtuns and the Taliban squaring off against warlords from the north and Karzai’s government. But that’s a harder sell, so Obama didn’t make it..."

"Sixteen months from now, the odds are that the civil war in Afghanistan will look much the way it does today. And because Obama asserted that the outcome in Afghanistan is “absolutely necessary, absolutely essential to America’s safety and security,” then there is no way the U.S. will be able to leave. So prepare for a longer war. Obama’s rhetoric guarantees it."

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