'This doesn't need to be defeat but at the moment it damn well feels like it,' the MP for Tonbridge and Malling tells the Commons in an emotional address.
, saying it was"shameful" for the US president to"call into question the courage of the men I fought with".
"Those who have not fought for the colours they fly should be careful about criticising those who have," he said.Biden blames Afghan army's unwillingness to fight, Mr Biden said the Afghan military had"collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight". "American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," the president added.
Mr Tugendhat said the UK could work with other countries, independent of the US, adding:"We can set out a vision, clearly articulate it, for reinvigorating our European NATO partners, to make sure that we are not dependent on a single ally, on the decision of a single leader, that that we can work together with Japan and Australia, France and Germany, with partners large and small and make sure we hold the line together.
The MP recalled his time as an advisor to the governor of Helmand province, remembering the"joy" the opening of schools for girls brought to families."There was a lot of crying when she first went in, but I got over it and it went OK. I'd love to see that continue."
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