Nov 5th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
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It is not first time that Britain has had to ponder an end to its engagement with that distant, unforgiving and wretched country of Afghanistan while maintaining its dignity. But how to withdraw while at the same time claiming victory? How to stop those tempestuous people living in these ragged mountains from threatening "our way of life".
The word "withdrawal" was anathema barely even whispered last year. But now it's out there. It gets louder with every new dead soldier, louder as the ambitious nation-building goals are scaled down to the minimum of a stable country that no longer harbours al-Qaida.
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