If Afghanistan Doesn’t Want U.S. Troops, Even for a Short Amount of Time, President Obama Should Zero Out the U.S. Military Presence There And Bring Them Home

Afghan and U.S. officials are bickering over when a new U.S./Afghan status of forces agreement (SOFA) should be signed.  The Obama Administration says no later than December 31st of this year, the Afghans are saying after the next round of presidential elections in Afghanistan next year.

I would be in favor of the ZERO option as of January 1st, 2014, which is the same option President Obama used to pull troops out of Iraq.  No SOFA, no American troops. Sounds fine to me.