GEORGE WILL CALLS FOR U.S. TROOPS TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN

I hate to be in agreement with George Will but have long thought it best to reduce our effort in Afghanistan. Fight al Qaeda but forget the nation building and also the prevention of Taliban extremism (although we hate it ) unless the world's nations are with us in halting Taliban's abuses.

I doubt if we can meet our needs in Afghanistan/Pakistan area from offshore as George Will suggests. Ideally, we could keep a base in a relatively secure Afghanistan from which to fight Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan.