Obama has signaled for the three years of his presidency that he will abandon Afghanistan. He just wanted to wait until after this year’s election. The Taliban may not be willing to wait that long.
The best reason to abandon Afghanistan would be to watch the Taliban rip Karzai limb from limb after we leave. We’ve been there 10 years and they are no less barbarians than the day we arrived.
We (Obama administration) should at least issue a statement and initiate actions as strong as Sarkozy. Americans have been the victims of such incidents many times in Afghanistan. Nary a peep from our Campaigner in Chief.