Moving on to another French view of the Afghan conflict, Laurent Joffrin of the newspaper Liberation suggests that however bad the situation may be, the West in the person of President Barack Obama should not pull out of Afghanistan – yet.
For Liberation, Laurent Joffrin writes in part:
“A second round in the presidential election has now been scheduled. The outlines of a state, painfully, are coming into view – and most of the country doesn’t want the Taliban. Perhaps we should give one more chance to this tortured process, rather than resigning ourselves to an Islamist victory that would have incalculable consequences.”
By Laurent Joffrin
Translated By Philippe Guittard
October 29, 2009
France – Liberation – Original Article (French)
How can we fight a war we cannot win – but can’t afford to lose? Since his inauguration, Barack Obama has confronted this impossible dilemma. As part of their cruel routine, the Taliban have once again sacrificed their own to kill U.N. workers dedicated to the work of peace, after having massacred a much larger number of Afghan civilian – or, as occurred yesterday in Peshawar – Pakistanis.
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