THANK YOU MR KARZAI!

I read yesterday (NYT Feb 4, 2014) that Mr. Karzai of Afghanistan has been having long term and secret peace talks with the Taliban.  The Obama Administration is miffed.  They were not included in Mr. Karzai's secret talks.  As I recall this has been a long term goal of the Afghanistan president.--peace with the Taliban.  He has begged Mr. Obama to join in to no avail. That apparently is not on Mr. Obama's agenda.  He would rather keep a residue of troops in that mountainous and difficult nation until hell freezes over.

Mr. Obama is stuck with the outdated dangerous idea foisted upon him by his military advisers and business associates ---the dangerous concept of US world hegemony...i.e. control of land and resources by military means so as to exploit these resources or to prevent our competitors to exploit them.   Afghanistan is valuable territory based on its  central location, corridor for oil and gas, and its own valuable mineral wealth.  Imperialism and its modern equivalent may have been valid during the Cold War, but for a nation like the US  struggling with unemployment, a fragile economy, crumbling roads and infrastructure, inadequate educational system and massive debts...it's out of reach for us now and not in OUR best interest.  Time to put those old ideas to bed and focus on what we can do to improve our situation here at home.

Thank you Mr. Karzai...don't sign that status of forces agreement . You are doing yourself, the Afghanis and the citizens of the USA a great favor.  Perhaps we can finally close the bloody books on this unnecessary war, bring our boys home and cut down on our wasteful military adventures abroad and the vast expenses which provide no benefit for the vast majority.

And why not?