An Australian Commentator Ties the Early U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan to the Next Presidential Elections

On one hand the U.S. says we are staying in Afghanistan until the end of 2014 but on the other we state we will be withdrawing our combat forces by mid-2013.  This leaves our allies fighting alongside us in Afghanistan puzzled.  Some critics state that Obama is setting the stage for the upcoming elections.  Read what one Australian correspondent makes of this in "Afghans the loser in US election", The Sydney Morning Herald, February 7, 2012.