There is very little chance for a political settlement with the Taliban and insurgents in Afghanistan by 2014, the year the Obama administration has set for a drawdown of troops, according to analysts.
So far, peace talks with the Afghan Taliban have failed for various reasons. One barrier for the start of talks have been U.S. preconditions, namely for the Taliban to renounce violence, respect the Afghan constitution, and sever ties with al Qaeda.
Some recognize the futility of such preconditions to negotiations. If the Taliban said they would not negotiate unless the U.S. renounced violence, respected the Taliban government, and severed ties with their own terrorist proxy forces in Afghanistan, America would surely reject it as well.
So instead of attempting to reach a political settlement, the U.S. strategy is to prop up the Afghan government well beyond 2014 enough to suppress a Taliban resurgence. This means continuing the military mission in the country for the foreseeable future.
U.S. officials have been repeatedly explaining the war would continue for years beyond the 2014 date, revealing it as a merely political contrivance. In a talk at the Council on Foreign Relations last week, under secretary of defense for policy at the Department of Defense Michèle Flournoy, explained that “2014 is not a withdrawal date—it’s an inflection point.” Afghans at that time “are still going to need support from the international community,” she said, and the U.S. has “been negotiating a strategic partnership agreement with the Afghan government that would lay out an enduring strategic partnership far into the future.”
A US Marine died in Helmand province on Saturday, November 5. He was the third US soldier to die this month in Afghanistan. Twenty Eight US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in October.
American have not enough and one day it God will send from sky punishment to whole of america.
We don,t know except that americans are killer and what they want in future can expect nothing good. Devil is devil.
Inflection Point? That is not what those who speak for the Administration are calling it when they talk to Joe Sixpack and middle America. When they speak of 2014 and Afghanistan what the American people have been trained to hear is "withdrawal" – not "inflection point." Perhaps if Ms. Flournoy had taken the time to explain what "inflection point" meant to the reporters who were gathered at her feet and how the Pentagon defined "inflection point" – because we all know that the meaning of "is" is not always "is"…
As with all "double speak "of the USG the devil is in the detail.
It does not suit the Arms Merchants for America to end any war.
To hell with "joe six pack"and "middle america"
And who's gonna prop up the US government past 2014? Inquiring minds wanna know.