Out of Afghanistan - NYTimes.com Re "Time to Pack Up" (editorial, Oct. 14): I was thrilled with your editorial calling for the United States to leave Afghanistan - not in 2014, as scheduled, but as soon as we can responsibly do so. The American people are fed up with a long, no-win war that has not only witnessed widespread political and economic corruption but has also seen the deaths of more than 2,000 of our troops. The war isn't worth the death of one more of our brave soldiers. The billions of dollars that we have poured into this war could have been far better used for the pressing needs here at home. The bitter irony is that whether we stay in Afghanistan or leave now will make little difference to the state of the country. Our own interests require that we leave now.