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Biden’s Afghanistan debacle

By Tom Rogan
Published April 13, 2021 6:00pm ET
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Biden’s Afghanistan debacle
U.S. forces in Asad Khil near the site of a U.S. bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 17, 2017. | (Rahmat Gul/AP)

The Biden doctrine seems to be that allies only count if they are in Europe.

The supporting evidence for that conclusion is President Joe Biden’s looming announcement on Tuesday that the United States will withdraw all military forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11. This is a major strategic error.

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