Will the war in Afghanistan be the last American war?
“I tell you from the bottom of my heart that I am convinced that it was the right decision, the wise decision and the best decision for the United States. We were a nation in a long war. We had only one simple choice. And we would leave Afghanistan or say we would not leave Afghanistan and send tens of thousands of troops back to the war, the real choice was to leave or to escalate the conflict, I did not want to prolong this war forever and I did not want to leave forever. I will prolong it. ” This was part of Joe Biden’s speech to the Americans a day after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The world witnessed the humiliating and catastrophic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which was more like an escape than a retreat. The chaos caused by the American evacuation operation and the suicide bombing near Kabul airport with more than 170 dead, which was claimed by the “ISIL Khorasan” group, completely destroyed the image that the US had created for itself, that is, the image of “world superpower”. “.
In his speech to the American people, Biden praised the 20 years of occupation of Afghanistan, which killed more than 2,400 US troops and wounded thousands more, and wasted about $ 2.3 trillion on the pretext of defeating the Taliban. “We did one of the greatest aviation in history. No country has ever done that, only the United States has the capacity, the will and the ability to do so,” he said. “It’s the job. The tremendous success of this mission is due to the incredible talent, courage and dedication of our military and our diplomats and (intelligence) agencies.”
What Biden did not mention in his speech was clearly illustrated by the images and videos, when Afghan citizens fell from runaway American planes and when the US pilot ignored the presence of dozens of Afghan citizens hanging from the wings of the plane. Kabul Airport flew, and when the last American soldier came out of the darkness and did not believe that he had escaped from the hell of Afghanistan, and when the United States evacuated 120,000 Americans and their Afghan contractors and allies in just two weeks, all this confirms this fact. That America has suffered a disgraceful defeat.
What is certain is that nations no longer view America as a “superpower” that is “aware of everything” and “no power can stand against it” or “does whatever it wants.” What is more certain is that the American people themselves are aware of these facts, so they have no will to go to war; Because America no longer decides its fate completely. Therefore, some observers believe that the war in Afghanistan is the last American war.
