Surrender Must Not Be an Option in Afghanistan

Taliban jihadists killed more American troops in Afghanistan in recent days – a clue about their intentions for honoring any deal with us concerning the country’s future.

Afghanistan’s elected president is reviewing such a draft accord. It could amount to a death sentence for him, for others who worked with us and for any hope the nation will not revert to what it was before 9/11: a Sharia-supremacist nightmare for its own people – especially women – and an operating base for Islamist terrorists.

President Trump has wisely said we’re going to keep “a presence” of 8,600 troops in-country. Complement them with 6,000 veterans who will fight alongside Afghan forces and use proven techniques to build-up the self-defense capabilities of that nation’s villages and we can avoid what is otherwise in the cards: an ignominious surrender that will embolden our enemies and endanger our people.