We object to the United States proposal for Afghanistan being presented this week to NATO ministers. It is not a peace plan. It is a plan for four more years of combat by US and NATO forces. It is not a plan for US or Western troop withdrawals but for further occupation. It is a proposal to gradually lessen Western cas…ualties and lessen Western visibility while transitioning to Western-financed, Western-armed, and Western-advised Afghan army combat in a civil conflict. It is a plan for long-term Western military bases. Full article.