20 years late, we have left Afghanistan.
We must never, ever, ever go back.
Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging think tanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Hear, Hear.
ReplyDeleteBut will they?
Delete“US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said they will continue to carry out strikes in Afghanistan, after an attack at Kabul airport killed about 170 people.”
ReplyDeleteGood. Let’s hit them hard.
The Americans may do as they please, as they always have done. We are mercifully no longer pretending that they are anything to do with us.
DeleteYou’ll miss “the Americans” when China and India become the world powers.
ReplyDeleteThey already are. And what way will or does that make us miss American hegemony? Or even notice awfully much?
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