I like this editorial of LATimes because they've recommended what is best possible for America to pick up. There's many places and projects to do business with, and USA should leave to think that wars are their best businesses.

This brief statement of LA Times opinion offers the basic facts of recent events concerning Afghanistan in a straightforward way, then it gives a point of view of what now should be U.S. policy towards the Afghans and their government. The proposal seems to be very sincere and sounds quite convincing, still one would have wished for more detail.

A significant flaw in this piece is its assumption it is up to the US to deal with Afghanistan. No mention of Nato, or India, or Iran, even though many countries are involved in trying to bring minimum stability to Afghanistan.

Being an opinion piece yes I think this does the job. I feel like it brought down a lot of facts backed by opinion but then gives the reader an opportunity to make their own decision.