The White House is finding itself in a new crisis after a botched withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, overwhelmed by withering criticism from home and abroad.
Thousands of Afghan and American lives lost. Billions, perhaps trillions of dollars down the drain. Livelihoods destroyed forever. As the curtain falls on the 20 years of American involvement in Afghanistan, the world is yet again forced to come to terms with another instance of American misadventure around the world. BBNAIJA: Why I don’t like […]
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The Western alliance may be so damaged by the crisis in Afghanistan that it can’t provide leadership to tackle the mounting climate emergency. It’s not just that America’s and by extension the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s credibility is so shot to bits that the West will find it hard to provide leadership on anything in coming years. The Afghan calamity will suck up leaders’ attention in coming months, meaning it will be harder to build momentum in the run-up to November’s crucial COP26 climate conference, which is supposed to result in a big push by countries across the world to come up with more ambitious decarbonisation plans.