Pretend for a moment that you are a civilian in Afghanistan. Maybe you're a construction worker, maybe a farmer. You work hard and keep your head down.
Maybe the government has a new building project that would pay well. Maybe the security forces are asking you to help identify some suspicious individuals that are crossing your lands.
Then you hear that the President of America has announced that he's sending more troops - only he's also announced when they're leaving.
The Taliban and Al Queda take a dim view on collaboration. And they have a very broad definition of what constitutes collaboration.
How likely are you to stick your neck out to help the international peacekeepers when you know all the fundamentalists have to do is lay low until June 2011 rolls around?
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