Gold Star parents remind Biden of all 13 service members who died in Afghanistan
No longer compelled to contend with US and coalition forces, the Taliban have now completed their return to Afghanistan where they rule with a theological iron fist.Three years ago this month, the United States withdrew from Afghanistan following more than 20 years of armed intervention and institution-building intended to transform it into a vibrant, egalitarian democracy. This effort failed — and Afghanistan is once again ruled by the Taliban. In his new book, “,” Lt. Gen.
The disastrous pullout led by the Biden administration three years ago this month was a humanitarian catastrophe that destroyed Afghanistan and the United States’ reputation globally. The spectacle of Afghans clamoring for space on crowded US choppers and the deaths of 13 US service members in a Kabul terror attack demonstrated the type of American weakness that later allowed despots like Putin to enter Ukraine.
We have a patriotic duty to kick out the Taliban, recover Afghanistan for its people, and prevent further terrorist attacks on the world. But mobilizing forces has taken time. The country is tired of war, and the Taliban benefits from the 20 years of peace we enjoyed. But the full horror of Taliban rule has now been realized.
That is the offer, that is what we are preparing to fight for, and it may be necessary to fight to take back our country. The Taliban are not strong, and internal divisions have weakened them further, but I do not underestimate the scale of the task. There is a risk that the whole country could become a terrorist hub, as schools turn into propaganda machines for the death cult that is the Taliban. They are nihilists who value martyrdom above all else.
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