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Damaged buildings are pictured at the scene of a car bombing near the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, north of Kabul in Parwan province, on December 11, 2019. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
In an earlier column, I argued against removing the U.S. troops from Syria, essentially by creating a balancing test to determine whether the U.S. should continue its mission in that nation.
This balancing test weighed various factors against each other, e.g., the danger to, and casualties of, the U.S. troops stationed in the country, the importance of the national interest, and the effectiveness of the mission.
This same balancing test can also be applied to determine whether U.S. troops stationed in both Afghanistan and in Iraq should be removed.
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