Commentary U.S. actions have condemned millions to a life under Taliban rule, but they also demonstrate a complete failure by the Biden administration to comprehend the geopolitical damage for America of abandoning a nation to an organization that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deemed terrorist in 2019—the same one the United States spent so much in blood and treasure to remove from power over 20 years ago. Afghan people will not forgive this act of betrayal and America and the West’s influence in the region has diminished if not ended. But will this debacle denote the end of the era of America as the world’s policeman? Who now is going to believe and trust a Sherriff that runs out on those he is there to protect? How shocking that troops had to be sent back to Kabul as an afterthought to help evacuate upwards of 10,000 U.S. citizens and …
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