I am one of the few people I know who was not surprised by the fall of Kabul and the chaotic US evacuation. Americans aren’t known for their interest in foreign policy, and Afghanistan was a media low-priority for the last ten years. The Iraq invasion, WMD, three changes of presidents, hurricanes, two impeachments and a deadly virus distracted attention from a war in Afghanistan that had disappeared into background noise.
Precisely - the duh factor to incompetent handling of this. Has no one been reading Jon Lee Anderson, Robert Kaplan, Sebastian Junger, among others? What has been lost by this bungling by all - will bite the Dems in the voter booth 2022, and god help us - 2024. Keep at it RBTL!
Precisely - the duh factor to incompetent handling of this. Has no one been reading Jon Lee Anderson, Robert Kaplan, Sebastian Junger, among others? What has been lost by this bungling by all - will bite the Dems in the voter booth 2022, and god help us - 2024. Keep at it RBTL!