Afghanistan and the Future U.S. Withdrawal - Energy Corridor or Dead Zone?

Afghanistan and the Future U.S. Withdrawal - Energy Corridor or Dead Zone?

from OilPrice.com Daily News Update by admin@namecake.com (John Daly)

President Obama has declared that, a decade after Operation Enduring Freedom began, the first significant withdrawals of U.S. troops from that battered nation will begin, with 10,000 U.S. troops withdrawn by the end of the year, and another 23,000 to follow by the summer of 2012.
The decision has generated controversy in Washington, with America's most senior commander, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen describing the troop withdrawals as “risky.” Mullen, who is retiring this year, said, "More force for more time is, without doubt, the safer course. But that does not necessarily make it the best