Leaving Afghanistan Isn t Enough to End America s Forever Wars Time 2 hrs ago Phil Klay © Yuri Gripas Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty Images President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on April 14, 2021. That day, Biden announced his decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Russian soldier, it was said, had suffered a concussion, then total memory loss. When he woke up in Kabul, in the waning days of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, he had trouble figuring out what was going on. As the journalist Artyom Borovik told the story, when his fellow soldiers tried to reorient him, he just kept asking the same question: “What are we doing in Afghanistan?” No one could give a definite answer.
Leaving Afghanistan Isn t Enough to End America s Forever Wars
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Op-ed: Ending war doesn t have to be this hard
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Rep. Golden, Afghanistan war vet, backs Biden troop withdrawal plan
Biden says troops will be out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11 Share Updated: 7:39 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021
Biden says troops will be out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11 Share Updated: 7:39 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript W-M-T-W NEWS 8 S PHIL HIRSCHKORN SPOKE TO HIM TODAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT S PLAN. (VO 1: GOLDEN MILITARY PIX.OBL) JARED GOLDEN S FIRST DEPLOYMENT AS A MARINE WAS TO AFGHANISTAN TO HUNT AL QAEDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN. (SOT GOLDEN, 2:03) I JOINED AFTER, AS A RESULT OF THE ATTACKS ON 9/11. (VO 2: GOLDEN RECENT.US TROOPS) AS CO-CHAIR OF THE VETERANS CAUCUS AND A HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBER, GOLDEN SUPPORTS THE BIDEN WITHDRAWAL PLAN AND WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE U-S TROOPS LEAVE SOONER. (SOT GOLDEN, 5:13) WE CAN T BE FOCUSED ON THE SECURITY SITUATION IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT S BEST FOR AMERICA. (VO 3: US TRO