Monday, July 19, 2021

Can The U.S. Re-Enter Afghanstan?

A runway is seen at Bagram air base, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail  

Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report: No Do-Overs in Afghanistan: The U.S. Cannot Re-Enter Once It Leaves  

Unlike Iraq, the U.S. cannot reenter if the security situation collapses in Afghanistan – and President Joe Biden now owns the precarious and alarming situation there.  

As President Joe Biden nears the August deadline he set to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, one critical feature of the drawdown has become clear: he now owns the precarious situation there, and there's no turning back. 

This defining moment for Biden's legacy has been met with growing speculation that the U.S. may have to return to its longest war zone as the Taliban continues to take ground, execute America's local allies and, many fear, position itself to overrun the U.S.-backed government in Kabul. 

But the situation on the ground, along with the domestic appetite for furthering U.S. conflicts abroad, make that impossible. 

Political and logistical realities have shifted dramatically in and around the country, and other powers in the region, namely Russia and China, are actively working to prevent the U.S. from ever re-entering.  

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WNU Editor: There is little if any U.S. political or public will to re-enter Afghanistan. Even if the country falls to the Taliban.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...


We spent more than enough blood and treasure there in what I feel was a poorly run effort that lasted too long and enriched too many.

Anonymous said...

The US has bigger problems than Afghanistan. The Democrat party is literally running hijackers and child kidnappers for office.

Seattle Transit Union Endorses Somali Muslim School Bus Hijacker

"I think I shall wipe out a School Bus ..." - Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer: A Timeline

Back in the day police use to arrest kidnappers, hijackers and killers.

Now the Democrat Party run them for office.

Anonymous said...

Video resurfaces of King County Council candidate threatening bus full of kids

Why is okay to run an unrepentant hijacker for office today, whereas before we would imprison such a hijacker?

Anonymous said...


Children are seen running out of the emergency exit on the bus as

Democrat Gardheere screams "Cowards! Cowards! Cowards!"?