Tag: Vietnam War

The U.S. must decide what type of foreign policy it wants to pursue: one based on the humanism of Abraham Lincoln or one based on the arrogance of those who want it to be the world’s policeman.

[T]oday, just as during the time of BLM, the idea is being pushed that weak means good and strong, therefore, means bad.

The protests have rattled Tel Aviv and Washington.

[Kissinger] was the guru of U.S. diplomacy under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Let’s not forget Vietnam when notching up war crimes.

As the Taliban now retake power, Joe Biden, with no other choice and with nothing to show for it, has put an end to the occupation that resulted in an even greater failure than the Vietnam War.

In the last 20 years, a certain division of labour had existed in Afghanistan between the U.S., acting out its role as global cop, and China, as the development partner of choice these days for many developing nations.

[Biden] had hoped to discard Afghanistan, but instead it became a showcase for the disregard and irresponsibility of American diplomacy.

Regardless of culture, the human brain is constantly looking for similar structures and patterns.

America has spent 2 trillion dollars over the past two decades in development and nation-building inside and around Afghanistan.

Blinded by the memory of their own strength, the United States and its allies have fought without finding a way out. The inhabitants of Kabul must now pay for this lack of strategy.