Clinton Cautions Against Rush to Exit in Afghanistan

[tekisui]

Source: Reuters

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cautioned NATO allies on Thursday against a rush to the exit in the war in Afghanistan as they begin transferring security responsibility to Afghan forces.

Clinton urged NATO members to avoid "political expediency" as the security transition gets underway and also renewed a U.S. call for coalition members to finance a $1 billion "trust fund" to support the Afghan military in coming years.

"We need to worry less about how fast we can leave and more about how we can help the Afghan people build on the gains of the past 15 months," she said in prepared remarks to a conference of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin.

With Americans increasingly weary of the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, Clinton reaffirmed the United States would start drawing down its forces there in July.

more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/us-afghanistan-nato-clinton-idUSTRE73D4DG20110414

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. "help the Afghan people build on the gains of the past 15 months,"

Bullshit!

When we leave, and we will leave somedya, the country will revert back to warlords and tribal conflict. The same as it has been for centuries.

[bif]

2. What a mistake!

Never should have gone in there in the first place. How about we pull out and let the Afghanis sort it out for themselves?

[DrDan]

3. not sure we need that warning - I cannot remember the last time we rushed to end a war

[TheKentuckian]

4. shut yer trap Hillary. This is a full on debacle and Pakistan is getting to be more of a mess.

[ladjf]

5. This is the second war she shouldn't have supported. She would

be President today had she not supported the Iraq war.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Memo to Hillary and Obama: We lost. Get out. Get over it.

[FlyByNight]

7. Similar refrain over and over again...

...no matter the area, nation, region, etc. Something like: "We're making progress but not quite enough to justify an exit."

Get. The. Hell. Out.

[rhett o rick]

8. GE is still making hugh profits. Mr. Immelt wouldnt like it if we withdraw. nm

[frylock]

9. lets just give it another 8 or 9 years

[CBGLuthier]

10. Idiot Warmonger

a billion dollars. Fuck her. How about fixing OUR FUCKING Country First.