LARRY ELDER "What happens if we leave before the Afghan government can maintain security? Will it again become a base of operation for al-Qaida and other terrorist groups? Will they step up their efforts in neighboring Pakistan, a country with nuclear bombs? Will a defeat in Afghanistan confirm the enemy's assumption that we can and will not make the necessary commitment to defeat them?
"Obama now seems to speak of summer 2011 less as a fixed date for withdrawal and more as one based on conditions. But it's hard to say what the president believes. In any event, the mixed signals give comfort to the enemy."
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