In the year 2024....

Regarding my conclusion that the U.S. would not be pulling out of Afghanistan anytime soon, and for reasons far broader than Afghanistan itself, here is reporting on an agreement between the U.S. and Afghan President Karzai that would allow U.S. boots on the ground until 2024. This blogger ends by comparing Karzai's "capitulation" to the United States with the U.S. "literally begging al-Maliki for permission to keep their troops in Iraq for just one more year."