The Americans had no business staying in Afghanistan this long, raising hope of a better future and more secure society, and then abandoning those poor people so cowardly.
Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the nominal U.S. and NATO presence in Afghanistan was only the latest in a series of missteps that allowed the Taliban to return to power.
Biden’s message about Afghan cowardice was only for his American audience, who had been led to believe that the ragtag Taliban forces could not return to power in a thousand years.