https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/america-must-stay-in-afghanistan/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:54:51 -0400<![CDATA[In the recent head of state visit, the White House appeared focused more on Karzai’s psychology than on the psychology of millions of Afghans, who hedge their lives daily. There’s plenty of well-earned distrust between sides. It is a dangerous dance for ordinary Afghans as both leaders deliberate. Other governments, American friends and enemies or some quasi-version, are doing the same. Neither wartime president spoke directly to the Afghan people or region, while the American people did hear the administration’s nation-building-at-home mantra.]]>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:20:51 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/16/america-must-stay-in-afghanistan-n99298