Papers

1. -Editorial: How Will the U.S. Get Out of Afghanistan? (Time.com)
   "For reasons that were quite clear well before the Afghan “surge” began (see here and here), America’s Afghan adventure is now ending without achieving its goals, despite Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s claim Wednesday in Brussels that “significant progress” has been made in the war."
   
   "To the contrary, the Taliban have survived the U.S. troop surge with its fangs and shadow governments intact; they have no incentive to negotiate, and they are poised to launch a spring offensive in 2013."
   
   "The prospects for a civil life in Afghanistan are likely to become even more remote than they were before we intervened." 10-12
   
   

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