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Itâs not just generals who are always prepared to fight the last war. President Bidenâs April 14 announcement that U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of 9/11 has a long and complicated backstory. Biden said his decision will allow America to put this violent and ambiguous past behind it, to retire the frameworks that conditioned its foreign policy for a generation, and to focus its energies on the competition with China.
Perhaps so. The risk, however, is that Bidenâs fixation on settling old scores has blinded him to contemporary realities, has prevented him from answering the question that will determine the future of both Afghan and U.S. security: Will the democratically elected government of Afghanistan survive American withdrawal?
Column: Will the government of Afghanistan survive America s retreat? President Biden delivers speech on Afghanistan on Apr. 14 / Getty Images Matthew Continetti • April 16, 2021 5:00 am
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It s not just generals who are always prepared to fight the last war. President Biden s April 14 announcement that U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of 9/11 has a long and complicated backstory. Biden said his decision will allow America to put this violent and ambiguous past behind it, to retire the frameworks that conditioned its foreign policy for a generation, and to focus its energies on the competition with China.
Perhaps so. The risk, however, is that Biden s fixation on settling old scores has blinded him to contemporary realities, has prevented him from answering the question that will determine the future of both Afghan and U.S. security: Will the democratically elected government of Afghanistan survive American withdrawal?
US Softens Tone, Says Naval Op Routine , We Value India s Partnership US Softens Tone, Says Naval Op Routine , We Value India s Partnership The US values India s partnership on a wide range of issues, including regional security, a Department of Defense spokesperson has said.
The US Navy s 7th Fleet conducted the operation off the Lakshadweep coast last week.
New Delhi:
The United States has further toned down the discord over a naval operation carried out by that country within India s maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) last week. The exercise, which did not have India s permission, was conducted off the Lakshadweep coast and had rankled India which immediately registered its opposition via diplomatic channels.