Buy our way out of the Afghan war?

Our withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Where we should not have been in the first place.
We lost good men while others made money.

1. Make the bad guys less bad,
www.washingtonpost.com...
UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. Security Council committee announced Tuesday that it has lifted sanctions against five former Taliban officials, bolstering Afghan and U.N. efforts to pursue peace talks with the group, Security Council diplomats said. The decision came after Russia agreed to stop blocking a U.S.-backed proposal to delist the men.

2. Pull out the check book
www.foxnews.com...
In London this week, Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, will launch a British and American-backed plan for "reintegration" of the Taliban and call for international funding to offer jobs and bribes to bring insurgents in from the cold.

3. Write some BIG checks & hope they don't bounce
(Let's rebuild their country & pay them big bucks!! WTF, where is my money?
Oh! That is my money.)
news.bbc.co.uk...
US Gen Stanley McChrystal told the UK's Financial Times newspaper that there had been "enough fighting".

President Karzai recently told the BBC that he planned to introduce a scheme to attract Taliban fighters back to normal life by offering money and jobs.

He said he would offer to pay and resettle Taliban fighters to come over to his side.

Laters, all. I've gone to become an insurgent.

I need a house.

Seriously what is this crap?

Just get the hell out of the country. JUST GET THE HELL OUT!

[edit on 27-1-2010 by star in a jar]