There are many lessons to learn from the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan, but there is one that we should take home right now: Failure must be punished.
Biden says there’s no way US could have withdrawn from Afghanistan ‘without chaos ensuing’
“The idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens,” Biden told ABC News.
“We Can Never Allow This to Happen Again”: Rep. Barbara Lee on Afghanistan’s Spectacular Fall and the Futility of “Forever Wars”
Lee was the only congressperson to vote against authorizing George W. Bush to use military force in Afghanistan. She’s stuck to her guns as the political landscape has shifted to align with her …
Ex-CIA analyst and Afghanistan War vet says Stephen Miller is ‘complicit’ in the deaths of Afghan interpreters and ‘should be held accountable for war crimes’
“Stephen Miller never wore a uniform a day in his life. He’s a privileged little brat,” Matt Zeller said of the ex-Trump advisor.
Top US general says he never saw any intelligence that Afghanistan would collapse as fast as it did
“There was nothing that I or anybody else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days,” Milley said.
Top US general says he never saw any intelligence that Afghanistan would collapse as fast as it did
“There was nothing that I or anybody else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days,” Milley said.
Erdogan says Turkey still aims to maintain Kabul airport security
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey still aims to maintain security at Kabul airport, after Taliban fighters took control of Afghanistan’s capital.
How Afghanistan’s Ghani Went From President to Villain in Hiding
Ghani’s whereabouts are a mystery now, with reports spotting him everywhere from Tajikistan to Oman to Abu Dhabi.
President Ghani gets humanitarian asylum in UAE as Trump and Biden turn on him
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his family have been granted asylum in the UAE on the grounds of “humanitarian considerations.” Mr Ghani fled Afghanistan last week as the Taliban approached Kabul.
Americans owe more than $6 trillion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and that’s just the interest
In a departure from previous conflicts, the U.S. funded its recent wars in the Middle East through massive borrowing.