The last American leaves Afghanistan

I think that I've seen this movie before...


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Watching the news on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX gives me the impression that all are in rare agreement that this is an appalling"disaster". Which I find puzzling, cuz: (1) the outcome was predictable. No way could anybody expect the Afghan forces to stand up to the Taliban; (2) getting out is sensible. We've been there for twenty years--our longest war, and seem to have gotten nowhere. Would it be less of a disaster if we stayed for another twenty years, throwing good money after bad--not to mention lives? (3) nation-building was not supposed to have been our primary objective, nor does it make sense for the U.S. to serve as a policeman to control a problem the Afghans seem unwilling and/or unable to control themselves. Sure we could probably have left more gracefully, but getting out is the important thing. What was it all about, Alfie?

 

Biden administration defends chaotic scenes of airlift evacuations in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden recently declared that there would be no “hasty rush to the exits

White House awkwardly defends Afghanistan ‘scramble’ after Biden comment comes back to haunt him (msn.com)

 

UK Ambassador remains:

• Sir Laurie Bristow is understood to be at Kabul airport working alongside a small team of diplomats doing everything they can to help as many people as possible leave the country as a frantic struggle continues to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country,
• Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has admitted "some people won't get back".

UK ambassador stays behind to help Afghans while his US and German counterparts flee (msn.com)