Announcing the timing and extent of US withdrawal from Afghanistan is an outrage: the granting of aid and comfort to the enemy purely for political gains at home. Imagine how our troops must feel being asked to risk their lives for a pointless cause -- a war we are already walking away from. How much more emboldened must the Taliban feel, knowing exactly how long they need to lie low before the gates of the city are flung wide open. How much more overwhelmed and fearful must anti-Taliban Afghans feel, knowing now what's in store for them and when?
