Afghan president says U.S. might want to 're-examine' pullout deadline

[Foggy_Bottom]

Afghan president says U.S. might want to 're-examine' pullout deadline| Reuters

(Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the United States might want to "re-examine" the timetable for removing the remaining U.S.-led coalition troops in the country by the end of 2016.

"Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas," Ghani told the CBS program "60 Minutes" when asked about the issue.

"If both parties, or, in this case, multiple partners, have done their best to achieve the objectives and progress is very real, then there should be willingness to re-examine a deadline," added Ghani, who was elected last year.

Asked if he had told that to U.S. President Barack Obama, Ghani said: "President Obama knows me. We don't need to - to tell each other."

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

THEY want us to stay and have a bigger footprint in spite of agreeing to permanent U.S.bases and intelligence operations in Afghanistan.

 

[Yizhi]

then stay.
it's your 'statedpet' who made the decision to pull out though.

 

[root]

THEY want us to stay and have a bigger footprint in spite of agreeing to permanent U.S.bases and intelligence operations in Afghanistan.

US should stay there.If you pull out it Afghanistan will become another Iraq new ISIS will reborn which will overthrow Afghanistan army and will rule Afghanistan.

 

[third eye]

Don't blame him ..

Karzai did his two tenures under the protection of Uncle Sam, this guy is now left holding the baby.

 

[Winchester]

Yeah no kidding !!!

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

then stay.
it's your 'statedpet' who made the decision to pull out though.

Nobody is leaving. They just want more of us to stay around- in your backyard.

 

[RescueRanger]

Nobody is leaving. They just want more of us to stay around- in your backyard.

Too late.

 

[opruh]

US needs to stay longer, they should deploy in other middle east countries too!

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

Too late.

I think 10-20 k troops staying behind + CIA operation + American base in place, is a good number for now.

 

[greatone]

I think 10-20 k troops staying behind + CIA operation + American base in place, is a good number for now.

Its 13k troops for peace keeping and training ANA plus 5k for counter terrorism according to official account

 

[PeaceGen]

Afghan president says U.S. might want to 're-examine' pullout deadline| Reuters

(Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the United States might want to "re-examine" the timetable for removing the remaining U.S.-led coalition troops in the country by the end of 2016.

"Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas," Ghani told the CBS program "60 Minutes" when asked about the issue.

"If both parties, or, in this case, multiple partners, have done their best to achieve the objectives and progress is very real, then there should be willingness to re-examine a deadline," added Ghani, who was elected last year.

Asked if he had told that to U.S. President Barack Obama, Ghani said: "President Obama knows me. We don't need to - to tell each other."

Quite frankly, the conflict with muslim extremist is currently (in large part thanks to Cheney's torture programs) set in perpetual-conflict mode. That means there simply should not be a deadline to withdraw vital western troops from Afghanistan at all, imo. If we leave now or soon, we let Afghanistan turn into a extremist incubator once again.