U.S._ Why the Afghanistan Debacle Matters to America

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Why the Afghanistan Debacle Matters to America

President Joe Biden walks from the podium after speaking about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House, Monday. (AP/Evan Vucci)

By Larry Bell
Friday, 20 August 2021 08:23 AM
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Seven months after President Joe Biden took office, an estimated 15,000 Americans — potential hostages — are now stranded throughout Afghanistan at the mercy of Taliban forces with no U.S. government plan nor means to get them to the only remaining open airfield in Kabul for evacuation.

Many thousands of native interpreters and others found by the Taliban to have supported American or former Afghan government interests are subject to terrible reprisals … beatings and worse.

All of this has occurred following 18 months of relative quiet without a single U.S. combat casualty in a country where the Taliban and the U.S-supported Afghan government held a power balance … each controlling their respective territories.

Neither side was mounting major offensives, and America had only 2,500 troops in the country, the smallest military presence since conflicts began two decades ago.

And yes, those 20 years were tragically costly for America; more than 2,400 American deaths, 20,000 Americans wounded, and over $2 trillion spent.

We wanted to get out. But not in this recklessly chaotic cut-and-run manner.

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We wanted to get out. But not in this recklessly chaotic cut-and-run manner.

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