Are We Leaving Afghanistan Too Soon?

The Conversation: Are We Leaving Afghanistan Too Soon? – ABC News

Author David Kilcullen on Troop Withdrawal, the Influence of Wikileaks and Corruption in Afghanistan.

… in today’s Conversation, David Kilcullen, a senior advisor to the U.S. military on counterinsurgency, war strategy and counterterrorism, tells ABC’s Diane Sawyer that the president’s goal might be too ambitous. According to Kilcullen, if the U.S. leaves before stabilizing the region, it will leave power in the hands of a corrupt and instable government. The Taliban was born in Afghanistan and has deep ties to the region — Kilcullen argues that pulling the troops too soon would leave the government, and its people, once again vulnerable to the Taliban’s control.

Kilcullen’s latest book titled Counterinsurgency lays out his plan for a stable withdrawal from Afghanistan. A former lieutenant colonel in the Australian army, he has spent time in both Iraq and Afghanistan and advised General David Petraeus and the U.S. State Department on counterinsurgency strategy…

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