Because that’s still the official story line about Afghanistan, that the NATO forces aren’t there to conquer but to set the people of Afghanistan free. “Free” from a system of local governments that’s apparently popular enough that the NATO Conquistadores errr… Liberators are planning a Major Offensive that majorly offensive and offensively major, to CRUSH those damned “rebel” Taliban. An offensive which the official government of Afghanistan is obstructing, by Pentagon standards, by exercising their rights as a sovereign government to negotiate with people within their own nation. Meaning, the Taliban. So, does the WarMongering Cartel of Death actually want a peace in Afghanistan that involves the Afghan people being free, being independent, or is it just another case of “Peace on OUR terms or not at all” Hubris?