Nato discusses how to leave Afghanistan without causing the collapse of Kabul

Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:26 UTC

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US President Barack Obama has warned of “hard days ahead” at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan. France's new President Francois Hollande has again said he will pull French troops out by the end of 2012, nearly two years ahead of schedule. Read full article

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MurkyThink
The same way going on that all foreign powers stalled in these cursed Afghanistan lands in the history ...Great Alexander--- Moguls/Turks--Russians-- now NATO(US)--....
May 21st, 2012 - 09:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Afghanistan is just a shambles of a nation. I can't see the point of staying there at all - no amount of NATO cash will stop it being a failed state. Just withdraw completely and kick it again if it starts disturbing the rest of the world.
May 21st, 2012 - 10:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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MurkyThink
If i were US i would build two full eficient bases in Cyprus and Umman
which both enough to control the whole area.
May 21st, 2012 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Leiard
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I“Think” - you may have noticed that Great Britain already has bases in Cyprus.
May 21st, 2012 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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MurkyThink
@ 4 ....US can drive Great Britain off from Cyprus if it wants.
May 21st, 2012 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@5 But it won't “want” because it knows it can't do anything right without Britain. Despite its great military “muscle”. Let's think of a little “conflict” the Americans got into where Britain wouldn't go along. So they lost! That would have been Vietnam.
May 21st, 2012 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
MT
Oh yeah. US atttack Britian. Now you are entering the realms of fantasy!
May 21st, 2012 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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MurkyThink
US has heavy debtor debris UK on its lap,is thinking how to organize and structure it again nowadays.
May 21st, 2012 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
oh murky cloud,

enough.
we do all the hard works, and you just murky the water in the fog .
May 21st, 2012 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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geo
Thud in Afghanistan /Iraq !

This is US not Europe ...............

The high level Pentagon members and related civilians will be invited to first Senate after High Courts to rendering the accounts of Iraq/Afghanistan operations conclusions.

This is US not Europe .............

They all know are merely the employees of first People's paid taxes budget financing .

This is US neither Europe nor Latin America,Asia,Africa.................
May 21st, 2012 - 08:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
??
May 21st, 2012 - 10:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ken Ridge
??? Been on the paco Murky/Geo ?
May 30th, 2012 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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