Op-Ed: Is this the time the Afghanistan war ends? (via latimesopinion)
A door is opening that may lead to the end of our 20-year war there. We owe it to all who have been involved to have the courage to walk through that door.There was every reason in 2001 to send troops to Afghanistan. Al Qaeda first attacked the U.S. in the 1990s, and in 1999 and 2000, the Taliban refused to comply with United Nations resolutions calling for them to eject the terrorists. We made it clear that if al Qaeda attacked the U.S. again, we would hold the Taliban leadership responsible.
What was originally intended as a limited action turned into a military occupation. The United States was left with the task of creating a democracy in one of the world’s least developed and most violent nations. Our troops were put to work supporting and defending a new Afghan government against the Taliban’s attempts to return to power.
More skilled diplomacy will be required, as will compromise on all sides. If the Taliban prove unable to halt the fighting, we must be prepared to continue our military presence and pressure. However, if the Taliban reduces the violence and then agrees to end the fighting permanently, ensures no al Qaeda or Islamic State terrorists use the country as a sanctuary, and reaches an accord in multi-party inter-Afghan talks, then we should be prepared to withdraw all U.S. forces.
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