Local Protesters Want Us Out Of Afghanistan

EIN News says, "At Least 11 Afghans Killed As Anti-U.S. Protest Turns Violent Some 1,500 protesters poured into the streets of a northern Afghan city, shouting "to America!" and calling for justice as they clashed with security forces following an overnight NATO raid they claim killed four civilians. At least 11 people were killed as the protesters fought with police and tried to assault a NATO outpost in the city of Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province".

We can't take them exactly at their word and die, but we can get the message. 1500 Protesters against our presence is a pretty good number.
In Libya, there were protests against Qaddafi, and we supported the protesters with military assistance. There are also protests against al-Assad in Syria, and we tend to support those protesters as well.

If we go that far in Libya and nearly so in Syria, should we not at least accept what the protesters are telling us in Afghanistan? They don't want us there, and we should leave.

Some will say we need to control terrorists and training camps. We can do that by satellite surveillance and ground intelligence, followed by missile strikes. An obvious problem is that the terrorists hide behind civilians. They do that anyhow, whether we have a military presence or not. We also need to take the attitude that when civilians allow the hiding of terrorists, those civilians are complicit in the terrorist operations. We should make this clear to civilians by the usual propaganda mechanism of dropping leaflets by air. The leaflets should also contain information that the entire local population should move to a newly established campsite, which would be immune to US attack, unless it is later determined that it is also infested with terrorists, in which case the camp will be destroyed along with the civilian terrorist collaborators.