Afghanistan Part I: History Repeats
On April 13, 2021, Joe Biden’s administration announced that the United States would withdraw all their forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Reactions were mixed, some believed that the conflict had dragged on far too long and was unwinnable, while some believed that America should not just allow itself to give up and give in. However, no one could dispute that the events that followed were disastrous, Biden’s plan was that the US would withdraw and that the Afghan National Army, which had received training and supplies from our government would continue to fight the Taliban and hopefully defeat them, however this is NOT what happened, the Taliban immediately pounced and began a massive offensive against the Afghan government, and without the support of America and it’s other Western allies, the country fell to the Taliban in about 3 months. And our forces didn’t leave in an orderly fashion either, we panicked and tried to leave as qu...