I say definitely not.
President Joe Biden’s declaration that he will cut his country’s losses and those of the NATO and non-NATO allies to make a military exit by 11 September after two decades of fighting the Pakistan-backed Taliban-led insurgency is a clear admission of defeat. The tragedy is that the withdrawal follows very high human and material costs for the US and its allies as well as for the Afghan people. The US and its allies lost 3,502 military personnel (2,300 of them American), with thousands injured, many crippled for life, and tens of thousands suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Many have already committed suicide. The US and its allies will leave behind a broken Afghanistan, just as the US left South Vietnam and Iraq. The Taliban are now well-positioned to take over power in Kabul.
Persuade me I am wrong.
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