Saturday 7 August 2021

What is Biden going to do about Afghanistan?

Do Joe Biden and his national security team have something up their sleeve to end this daily slaughter in Afghanistan? It just can't go on like this, with the Taliban now seizing control of cities. Perhaps Biden knew this was what was going to happen and made the decision that it was no longer of concern to the United States, never mind the likelihood that women in Afghanistan will have no future and that life will be an appalling nightmare for all Afghans if the Taliban seize power. Biden will be blamed, so what is he going to do? I fear the answer is: nothing, apart from authorising more and more airstrikes. It seems very much like a last gasp from the United States. A big gasp, however, since both B-52s and the fearsome AC-130 Spectre gunships are back in action, both of which the Taliban have learned to dread over the years. But they know this is an act of desperation by the Americans and it cannot go on for ever. Peace, in the meantime, is on the back burner.

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