Afghan army special forces soldiers zero their sights on their weapons after receiving firing technique instructions from U.S. soldiers at a range in Kabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2013. The Afghan soldiers, assigned to 6th Special Operations Kandak, zeroed their weapons to reconfirm accuracy before conducting shooting drills. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Connor Mendez
If Karzai Stonewalls On Agreement, Is US Military Planning Harmed? -- Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON – World leaders have hammered Afghan president Hamid Karzai with threats of the “zero option,” hinted that billions of dollars of international aid are at stake, and even suggested his own ministers could simply sidestep him.
What they want is a signature by the end of 2013 on the bilateral security agreement hammered out between the United States and Afghanistan over the last year, and approved in recent weeks by a grand council of local Afghan leaders and tribal elders.
But the mercurial Karzai now insists he’ll wait until after the April 2014 election of his successor to sign the BSA, which sets the parameters of a post-2014 U.S. mission in Afghanistan and guarantees legal immunity to U.S. troops.
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My Comment: I do appreciate the need for the military to have a window of time to plan and schedule their deployments/shipments/etc. .... but will a delay of a few months have that much of an impact .... I doubt it. This more about politics and the need to have some agreement signed ASAP so that the politicians and bureaucrats can focus on the next crisis and/or situation.
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