(August 17, 2021 at 9:50 am)HappySkeptic Wrote: Back to the OP
Every single news station is calling the American withdrawal botched, and most talking-heads are saying that the withdrawal was a mistake. This includes MSNBC and CNN - and FOX is going nuts with glee at how terrible it is.
I actually think this is a test of leadership. Yes, 70% of Americans don't want troops in Afghanistan, but 0% want what is happening right now. That is where leadership comes in. Sometimes you have to make decisions that don't follow the polls. A strong leader can make that work if he/she is clear about why.
America has the choice to withdraw from the world, and let its enemies determine what the world is going to look like -- and a Taliban-led Afghanistan as friends to all its rivals and enemies is it. They could've kept Afghanistan if the had left the logistical, maintenance and air support in place. A few thousand troops. Of course, government corruption is something they couldn't fix.
When, and by whom, was the decision made that the U.S. won't still be operating in Afghanistan?
I admit I might have missed where the Taliban have announced that they'll be making a major shift in attitude regarding massacre campaigns, human trafficking, violence against civilians, violence against medical and aid workers, and providing cave motels for terrorists to plan war and fatwas against citizens of third-party countries.riti
