President Barack Obama is seriously considering withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2014. Until now, U.S. and Afghan officials had been discussing plans to keep a small force behind to fight insurgents and to train Afghan security.But Obama has grown increasingly frustrated in dealing with the Afghan President. The Afghan president, Karzai, cut off negotiations with the United States on the residual troop presence post-2014. A "Zero Option" is not very possible. Obama has not made a decision on U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan beyond 2014. If the United States pulls out all its troops, it will be a situation similar to that in Iraq. Karzai has said he would like for U.S. troops to remain after the end of the NATO mission. But he also has been highly critical of the troops over the years, following incidents in which U.S. forces have killed civilians.
I think that taking all of the troops out of Afghanistan is a horrible idea. Hundreds of things could go wrong if there aren't any US troops there, and I am sure President Obama would not want to be responsible for any more attacks, deaths...ect. Although Obama and the Afghan president do not have a good relationship, I do not think there should be no troops in Afghanistan.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/08/politics/afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/
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