[Peace-discuss] Withdraw from Afghanistan with a Public, Negotiated Timetable

[Robert Naiman]

[My talk at the CATO forum. CATO has posted the video of the forum,
which I embedded in the HuffPo.]

The United States should withdraw its military forces from
Afghanistan. The safest, most feasible and most ethical way to bring
this about is through the establishment of a public, negotiated
timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Such a timetable should
be a core provision of an agreement negotiated by the United States
with the Afghan government and with international military partners of
the United States in Afghanistan governing the presence of foreign
military forces in the country. Such an agreement would bolster the
legitimacy of the Afghan government, as well as the legitimacy of the
foreign military presence; such an agreement would dramatically
increase the patience of the Afghan public, and of Western publics,
for the operations of foreign military forces while they remain.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/withdraw-from-afghanistan_b_286866.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/15/9223/82868

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/329


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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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