The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/opinion/shape-a-peaceful-afghan-exit.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

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March 14, 2012

Shape a Peaceful Afghan Exit

By ANATOL LIEVEN

President Obama has been correct in one part of his response to the killing of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier on Sunday: Such disasters must not lead to a panic-stricken “rush for the exit” by America and NATO forces in Afghanistan.