Charles Krauthammer comments on the ridiculous notion that we can’t decide Afghanistan troop levels until after their election:
After all, look, there are three things that we can say with confidence about what the government of Afghanistan will look like after this election. It’s going to be weak, it is going to be pro-American, and it’s going to be corrupt. That’s how it was yesterday, and that’s how it will be tomorrow.
More or less corrupt and more or less weak, but that’s how it will be, and that’s how it was a year ago. So it’s not going to depend on the outcome of the election. That’s the card that we’re dealt in Afghanistan, and that’s going to be.
Now, the best outcome would be if you had a coalition so you wouldn’t have to have a runoff with all of the complications that are talked about. But even so…why would you hold off and delay a critical decision on the strength of our troops? Because you don’t know the exact composition of the cabinet?
It’s nonsense, and I think Gates shot it down pretty strongly today.
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