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US should have stayed in Afghanistan instead of incurring ignominy

By Quin Hillyer
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US should have stayed in Afghanistan instead of incurring ignominy

The humanitarian, diplomatic, and military disaster unfolding in Afghanistan right now need never have happened.

Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden both deserve ample blame — especially Biden. But so do all those in positions of authority who dismissed Afghanistan as a “forever war,” when it was a mere police action from which both human rights and U.S. interests were greatly benefiting.

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