'President Biden is presiding over a debacle entirely of his own making in Afghanistan — and one that has unfolded more swiftly than even the most dire prognostications,' CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen writes for CNNOpinion.
Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is,"The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden." The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
A group of religious warriors, riding on captured American military vehicles, vanquish a US-trained military, which relinquishes much of its power without a fight. Sound familiar?That's what happened in Iraq after the US withdrawal of troops from the country at the end of 2011. Within three years, an army of ISIS fighters was only a few miles from the gates of Baghdad and had taken many of the significant cities in Iraq.The worst speech of Biden's presidencyIt was then-Vice President Joe Biden who had negotiated the Obama administration's drawdown from Iraq.
Reporter presses Pentagon spokesperson on Afghanistan mission 02:07The US State Department is urging all US citizens to leave the country"immediately," and the Pentagon announced it will send an additional 3,000 troops to assist in US diplomats' departures and evacuations. Meanwhile, the US government is also considering moving its embassy to Kabul airport.
What do the Taliban's gains really mean? Foreign policy expert explains 02:44Meanwhile, Khalilzad agreed to pressure the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners, several of whom simply rejoined their old comrades on the battlefield once they were released. It's hard to recall a more failed and counterproductive diplomatic effort.
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