Joe Biden last week gave his maiden foreign policy speech as president. There was a stunning omission: No mention of Afghanistan.
The Trump administration’s agreement with the Taliban provides for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by May 1. Is the president prepared to violate this pact even as he prepares to reenter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran?
He is getting substantial pressure from the usual suspects to stick with endless war in Afghanistan. Indeed, during the Trump presidency there was only one foreign policy position that won bipartisan support in Washington: insisting that the US not leave a single war, especially in Afghanistan. The legendary Hotel California must have been in Afghanistan Americans can check out, but never leave. Democrats and Republicans alike were determined to preserve the Afghan forever war.
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Is President Biden Going To Get Out of Afghanistan?
Or Will he Break the Agreement with the Taliban and Keep the Endless War?by Doug Bandow Posted on
Joe Biden last week gave his maiden foreign policy speech as president. There was a stunning omission: No mention of Afghanistan.
The Trump administration’s agreement with the Taliban provides for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by May 1. Is the president prepared to violate this pact even as he prepares to reenter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran?
He is getting substantial pressure from the usual suspects to stick with endless