What is going on in Afganastan is an unmittegated desaster perpetrated by Biden, his advisors and military generals.
The headline read, "President Biden fails in Afghanistan."
Afghanistan, "the graveyard of empires."
Of course, Biden failed in Afghanistan. Twenty years, two trillion dollars, tens of thousands of dead and wounded later this should come as no surprise. After all that, not a damn thing was accomplished. Yeah, Biden failed.
As did President Bush, and he started the war by invading Afghanistan. Bush was in office for eight years. The war was in full fury mode when he left office.
President "The Right War" Obama also failed in Afghanistan. He was in office for eight years and ultimately sent in 85,000 troops to defeat the Taliban. The war was in full fury mode when he left office.
President Trump also failed in Afghanistan. He was in office for eight years and all he did was order a retreat, trusting the Taliban would hold up their end of the bargain. Instead, the Taliban ignored the gullible American President. The war was in full fury mode when he left office.
Biden has been in office for seven months and he inherited the failed Afghan war from three previous Presidents. A massive offensive against the Taliban was out of the question. Biden would either be impeached or lynched. He had no choice but to withdraw, retreat, evacuate, surrender, whatever term the reader wishes to use. They all mean the same thing -- something the White House should learn.
But why did all this happened? It happened because American Presidents completely misread the people of Afghanistan.
The Afghan security forces number over 300,000, and they have an air force. They also have billions of dollars of equipment we gave them.
They have no desire to fight the Taliban.
The Taliban are Afghans. Moreover, they are the largest ethic group in Afghanistan.
Why are the Taliban America's enemy? Why did Bush attack the Taliban?
Because the Taliban gave safe haven to al Qaeda, the terrorist group that attacked us on 9/11.
Does anyone think the soldiers and officers of the Afghan army give a rat's ass about that twenty years later?
Essentially, we trained and equipped the Afghan army to fight Afghans. Also, members of the Afghan army have more in common with the Taliban than they do with Americans.
That is why America failed in Afghanistan. The twenty-year debacle should be treated as a lesson learned.
Never again.
