Originally Posted by
Ollie the Optimist
Pray tell why abandoning Afghanistan where thousands of people will die at the hands of the taliban, the rights fought & won for women etc will now disappear and another terrorist group takes power. How is that the only decent thing Biden has done?
Whether you agree or not with the invasion 20 years ago, that is completely irrelevant now. We went in and so the responsibility to leave in orderly fashion when the country is ready to continue without western support. We have not done that, in Biden’s speech on Monday, he said the taliban was at its strongest military level since 2001. Leaving Afghanistan knowing that is a failure.
The west had a responsibility to ensure stability in Afghanistan following our invasion, that has now failed. The soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting there were now in vain if we just abandon it to the taliban. If anyone believes the talibans claims that they will be moderate & forgive those working with the west, they are morons. There are enough stories in the last few days of taliban going around & rounding up anyone they suspect of working with the west.