Will The U.S. Pull Out It's Troops From Afghanistan?

U.S. Says May Pull Out All Troops As Afghan Leader Holds Up Deal -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said, opening up the prospect of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the strife-torn nation next year.

Karzai told U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Kabul on Monday that the United States must put an immediate end to military raids on Afghan homes and demonstrate its commitment to peace talks before he would sign a bilateral security pact, Karzai's spokesman said.

The White House said Karzai had outlined new conditions in the meeting with Rice and "indicated he is not prepared to sign the promptly".

"Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan," a White House statement quoted Rice as saying.

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My Comment: Afghan President Karzai has given the U.S. an excuse to leave .... but unfortunately Karzai and everyone else knows that the U.S. will (in the end) buckle and agree with whatever they want.