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President Obama’s decision to end America’s combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2013 is operationally premature, seriously undermines the international mission and is clearly politically motivated by the 2012 elections. It marks a disorderly step in a withdrawal process that the U.S. and its NATO allies had long planned.

Inevitably, Republican presidential candidates will seize this opportunity to label Mr. Obama as weak and his foreign policy as appeasement.  Politics aside, the president’s decision is strategically irresponsible to say the least.

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