In It To Win It In Afghanistan?

IBDeditorials.com:

According to icasualties.org, 153 troops died in July and August, the most since the U.S. invaded in late 2001. The Taliban is metastasizing again, attacking American and allied troops, setting off suicide bombs and retaking territory.

Since Afghanistan\’s election on Aug. 20, President Hamid Karzai and his challengers have bickered over the less-than-clear outcome. Karzai\’s government looks shaky at best. On Wednesday, a suicide bomber killed Afghanistan\’s No. 2 intelligence official, Abdullah Laghmani, and 14 other people outside a mosque in Kabul.

A different strategy is no doubt needed — but retreat isn\’t it. Leaving Afghanistan might save American lives now, but it would cost us dearly in the long run.

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