The Likely Consequences of Abandoning Afghanistan

With considerable regret, I take exception to the conclusion of my friend Carter Malkasian’s Nov. 26 Thursday Opinion essay, “Joe Biden faces a dead end in Afghanistan.” He rightfully concluded that the current drawdown to 2,500 U.S. troops will fail to give the Afghan forces necessary support but assumed we have no other choice except complete withdrawal because public opinion here is so against our continued presence. Did we not incur a moral obligation to the Afghan people to protect their interests as well as our own when we initiated peace negotiations directly with the Taliban without their participation? Read More…