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brutality of life at that time how could they possibly support our presence. gregg: karzai is claiming an early withdrawal of troops. he says they are ready to handle it. would a u.s. withdrawal allow the taliban to reconstitute itself and thus permit terrorists to establish safe havens in which to operate? i think there is a significant risk to that. we have to look seriously at the options how we can recalibrate our troop presence. this has been a long war and troops are fatigued and we need to find ways to have a lighter footprint. but the security imperative that brought us there was a mission we were forced to have to face and that will remain. if we do what karzai is asking, does that mean afghanistan could revert to prewar conditions, that precious american lives not to mention

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