With a political commitment to withdraw that takes precedent over US strategic objectives, Obama has given up any hope of destroying the Taliban and al-Qaeda and their influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nation building is not the objective. Destruction of the Taliban and al-Qaeda is.

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