Deeming War News Today

This is bbc news with me christian fraser. in the last half—hour, joe biden has spoken about the uss withdrawal from afghanistan after 20 years of war. the us president paid tribute to american military for their service in afghanistan, but made clear what he believes us foreign policy now needs to change. this is a new world. the terror threat has metastasized well away from afghanistan. in kabul, american uniforms, american weapons, but now worn by the taliban — the spoils of a war that wa...

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Sooner. it could not had this been donein sooner. it could not had this been done in a more orderly manner. i respectfully disagree. imagine if we had begun evacuations injune or july, bringing in thousands of american troops and evacuating more than 120,000 people in the middle of a civil war. lets go to gary in washington. throughout the last few weeks there have been questions about withdrawal and whether it couldve been done sooner or handled better or prevented the loss of life. but again t...

Handed back, we should either go in with unequivocal military force and get it or at least bombed the help out of it. what do you make of that? easier said than done. it will be wanting — easier said than done. it will be wanting to _ easier said than done. it will be wanting to take _ easier said than done. it will be wanting to take aircraft - easier said than done. it will be wanting to take aircraft out i easier said than done. it will be i wanting to take aircraft out most of the eguipmen...

This war has cost america dear. over two decades, the united state has spent more than $2 trillion. in fact, at the peak of its involvement, just after 2010, the us was spending $100 billion a year on its military operation in afghanistan. more than 2&00 us servicemen and women have died. 20,000 were injured. but that is dwarfed by the deaths and casaulties on the afghan sides. more than 116,000 civilians, police and military personnel have been killed in the conflict during the same period. our...

By by the time i came to office, the taliban was in its progress military position since 2001. controlling or contesting nearly half of the country. we were left for a simple decision. eitherfollow country. we were left for a simple decision. either follow through on the agreement made by the last administration and leave afghanistan orsay administration and leave afghanistan or say we were not leaving and commit another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice, the r...

It was time to end this war. this is a new world. the terror threat half dozen ties across the world well beyond afghanistan. the fundamental obligation of a president in my opinion is to defend and protect america. not against threats in 2001, but against the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. but there are big questions that remain unanswered on the fate of 100—200 americans who are still in afghanistan and were left behind. how will the white house engage the taliban? and on the day 0sama bin la...