long-term partnership

"Let me emphasize that the United States is not withdrawing from Afghanistan; we have a long-term partnership with your country"

This is quote of U.S. ambassador of Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry from:

"RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan hosted a call-in program with the U.S. ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry, in which listeners were invited to ask him about U.S.-Afghan relations."


The full thing with the questions and answers can be read here.

Interstingly, he avoids to answer this question in detail:

Questioner: Why is there no mention of reconciliation and reintegration of former Taliban fighters in the new Obama strategy? Does this mean the United States is opposed to the idea?

Eikenberry: Clearly, part of the comprehensive strategy of your government supported by the United States and the international community is one in which of course reconciliation and reintegration have an important role. I'd like to emphasize that the United States and indeed the international community will support the efforts of the government of Afghanistan to move forward with a more comprehensive policy on reconciliation and reintegration.

And then he goes on talking about civilian casulties so he can change the topic because the truth is that there is no reconcilation and reintegration of Taliban fighters. The USA/NATO ist not interested to solve the conflict. They are there because they are interested in a long-term partnership as Eikenberry said: "Let me emphasize that the United States is not withdrawing from Afghanistan; we have a long-term partnership with your country".
He goes on and explains how this parntership will look like: "We will have a long-term relationship of providing security assistance, training, equipment, special capabilities to your army and police in the years ahead."

Just see how disgusting this person speaks like a bird:

And just as we were here in the 1950s and 1960s providing developmental assistance, our developmental assistance, our economic relations will continue in the decades ahead. Our long-term relationship.

And we will continue to have extraordinarily strong diplomatic relationship, and there'll be strong people-to-people relationship between our peoples for decades to come. So this is not about withdrawal, it's about strengthening our friendship and partnership over the longer term.

No thank you, we don't want your shitty relationship with Afghanistan.