America's longest war is nearing its end, with a loss to the enemy it defeated in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, shock that the government and military it supported collapsed so quickly. In seeking to placate his domestic audience, Obama effectively told the Taliban that they could wait out the United States. In the desperate and constant need for a stable government, the United States worked with Afghans who had influence but were enmeshed in corruption and human rights abuses. Corruption infected the Afghan military as well, for which the United States allocated $88 billion over two decades. “There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States in Afghanistan," Biden said in July.

Source: Mint August 16, 2021 16:07 UTC