Afghanistan, Khair (goodbye)

The American Way of Abandonment - Pat Buchanan:
"When America is about to throw an ally to the wolves, we follow an established ritual. We discover that the man we supported was never really morally fit to be a friend or partner of the United States."

I ran across this article by Pat Buchanan about a week ago and as usual found it a valuable lesson in modern history. I tucked it away in my memory bank but with all of the news about Obama waffling on Afghanistan and the talk of how corrupt the Karzai brothers are, the article came to mind immediately. If Pat is correct, and history repeats itself, we are out of Afghanistan right quick. And then watch the Return To The Killing Fields in all its horror on late night TV and the Internet.
On a lighter note, I've always loved the quote by Henry Kissinger:
"In this world it is often dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but to be a friend is fatal"