We've already pointed out that the Obama Administration is going to release or has released prisoners from Gitmo in order to get the Taliban to the negotiating table. That move shows their (short-sighted) willingness to deal with an enemy in order to pursue withdrawal from Afghanistan. Well, former Marine and US Army Special Forces Officer and columnist, Jack Kelly believes that the Obama Administration's choice for negotiator also shows their hand - that they don't care what happens in Afghanistan as long as we are out of there: Surrender in Afghanistan Obama wants to bug out before the election Sunday, January 08, 2012 By Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The war in Afghanistan may end this year in thinly disguised surrender. "The Taliban per se is not our enemy," Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with Newsweek magazine Dec. 15. We went to war in Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime because it had sheltered al-Qaida. Perhaps Mr. Biden forgot. A story in an Indian newspaper Dec. 29 suggests the reason for the vice president's memory lapse. The Obama administration apparently is conducting secret negotiations with the Taliban and has recruited Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood's leading jurist, to mediate them. Picking Mr. al-Qaradawi, 84, to broker a peace deal is like choosing Benito Mussolini to mediate secret peace talks with the ***. Mr. al-Qaradawi seeks the establishment of a worldwide caliphate ruled by Islamic law. And like other radical Islamists, Mr. al-Qaradawi advocates the destruction of Israel... So I wish he'd decided to bug out sooner. About two-thirds of the 1,864 American servicemen and women who have been killed in Afghanistan have been killed since Barack Obama became president. They appear to have died in vain. Read Jack's entire article here at the Post-Gazzette.
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