JMA,
I'm not sure if SWC have looked at Plan B, although we have debated options. From my "armchair" it depends on whether the USA wants to remain a power in Afghanistan, principally to stop an AQ return (several assumptions there).
Plan B would mean a return to the use of warlord-run armies, including the Northern Alliance and not in all of Afghanistan. Sounds like partition doesn't it?
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