My article is from USA Today and its title is, “Afghanistan — the case for staying: Michael O’Hanlon.” Michael O’Hanlon presents a very good argument as to why we should keep our military in Afghanistan. O’Hanlon states, “The security situation in Afghanistan is bad. Yet it is hardly catastrophic. For example, Afghan security forces let Kunduz fall, but then they retook it within a couple weeks. They also repulsed coordinated Taliban probes against a number of other regional centers in the immediate aftermath of the Kunduz disaster. Earlier in the year, moreover, the Afghan army planned and conducted three major operations essentially on its own, two of them involving multiple corps (each corps is about 25,000 strong, and each has specific geographic responsibilities). The Taliban remains resilient and has gained some net holdings this year — but probably not more than 3% to 5% of the country as measured by affected population.” This was just one of his great points. Here is the link for the article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/12/28/afghanistan-obama-troops-withdraw-islamic-state-column/77795296/
I do agree with O’Hanlon while maintaining the idea that we should also keep our homelands security in mind when deploying troops.