Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
It warms my heart to see people recycling.

As for the rather cockeyed notion that the Taliban will somehow wait us out, now that they have a date when we will begin winding down (with no end-date articulated or speculated):

And as for the argument, made passionately by some in the military, that a specific date for starting the withdrawal is an invitation for the Taliban to lie low until we leave: "They simply won't do that," says Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations. "If you stand down, you allow the enemy — even this inept Afghan government — to create a bow-wave effect, to create the impression of authority and security. The Taliban aren't stupid."
20 of those editorials will get you a box of cookies.