[Ghoulish Delight]

I think that assessment is a little short sighted. Al Qaeda may not have a strong presence there right now, but the Taliban surely does and if the Taliban regains control you can bet Al Qaeda will be flooding right back in. Of course, they're surely setting up shop elsewhere as we speak, but I don't like the prospect of letting them reclaim their home turf where they'd be able to get back up to speed far faster than they'll be able to regroup elsewhere where they won't have the level of support that the Taliban lent them.