Monday, May 24, 2010
Brits want to beat feet from Kabool Quagmire
And let us not forget that they were smarter than we were in getting out of Iraq. Which makes their plans to withdraw from Afghanistan look like a good idea.
Senior British officials, including new Foreign Secretary William Hague, arrived in Afghanistan Saturday with a warning that Britain wants to withdraw its troops as soon as possible...As this would not be the first time the Brits have left Afghanistan, we should respect their sense of timing. And sooner rather than later we should admit that experience counts.
"We need to accept we are at the limit of numbers now and I would like the forces to come back as soon as possible," he was quoted as saying.
"We have to reset expectations and timelines.
"National security is the focus now. We are not a global policeman. We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened," Fox said.
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