<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Jim Chiavelli]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=22980Author <![CDATA[In Afghanistan, Middle Road Leads Nowhere]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will remove 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan before the 2012 election goes too far — or not far enough.

The drawdown is too deep and quick if he wants to leave something lasting in Afghanistan other than the blood of soldiers and Marines and the shards of highways our taxes built.

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