Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day
The U.S. and its equally befuddled NATO allies stayed and stayed, finding an ever-changing array of reasons for chasing an ever-receding victory. And now it’s down to this: buy yourself some short-term political cover, get the hell out, and don’t look back. It will be ugly afterwards, but it’s much too late to change that.
LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this a...
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