In Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam the US has demonstrated that there is nothing super about the superpower’s ability to wage war. | OPINION by international editor Peter Hartcher.
America’s two “endless wars” are now ending. Joe Biden already has committed to the withdrawal of all US combat forces from Afghanistan. He’s about to announce the withdrawal of all US combat forces from Iraq as well.
The troops were betrayed by their leaders. They were sacrificed to the delusions of presidents and prime ministers, the hubris of their high officials and the mistakes of their strategists. Former US president George W Bush declared the Iraq war over after six weeks. It continued for years.Today, the US has decided to quit Afghanistan because it has given up on it. “Leaving proves Osama bin Laden right: Eventually, America cuts and runs,” is the acerbic assessment ofIt has been the longest war in the very long list of America’s wars.
When pressed by reporters earlier this month on America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden changed the subject: “I want to talk about happy things.”
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