Ah yes, the bastion of freedom: warlords. Not to say that this wouldn't work or is a bad idea! But the US would either have to drop the pretense that they're "

Ah yes, the bastion of freedom: warlords. Not to say that this wouldn't work or is a bad idea! But the US would either have to drop the pretense that they're "liberating" Afghanistan or spin such a move harder than they've ever spun before. It was a lot easier during the Cold War when you could just call the Taliban "communist" to justify just about any military or covert action.