U.S. Army soldiers pull security during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 13, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marc Loi
One U.S-Afghan Security Pact, Two Very Different Missions -- Danger Room
The U.S. has finally completed an agreement pledging to protect Afghanistan for another decade, even after the vast majority of troops withdraw. (We hate to say we told you so.) But don’t misunderstand. This deal isn’t really about Afghanistan at all.
Or, to be more precise, it’s about way more than Afghanistan. It’s primarily about Pakistan — and the shadow war that the U.S.-Afghan accord will allow Washington to continue waging there.
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My Comment: I have to concur with this analysis. In this agreement there is mention that the U.S. will not use Afghanistan as a platform to strike against another country .... but .... the devil is in the details, and I suspect that there are some exceptions to this rule.
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