Blame the Taliban for Afghanistan, not Biden or Trump – InsideSources

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As the world watches Afghanistan disintegrate under Taliban control, professional media and political chatter is determined to bear the blame. According to reports, the fault lies either with President Joe Biden or with some on the left who prefer to blame former President Donald Trump.

But this is nonsense. The Taliban are responsible for the horrors unfolding in Afghanistan.

If you want to blame an American president, maybe its former president George W. Bush. He dragged us into war and diverted our military’s attention to Iraq, far from Afghanistan, before the Taliban was crushed and Osama bin Laden died. But Bush left the White House in 2009.

Of course, it may have been a mistake for Trump to negotiate a deal with the Taliban that allowed them to regroup and plan the takeover after our exit. Or, yes, Biden could have taken more steps to ensure the safe evacuation of our Afghan allies, like those brave translators who risk death at the hands of the Taliban for working with America.

But how could one really think that a retreat against an enemy like the Taliban would ever be organized, efficient and fluid?

You don’t have to be a military expert to realize that the one thing that kept the Taliban from taking over the entire nation was the presence of the US military. And, once they left, that the country would fall back into the hands of the Taliban. Everyone in Afghanistan understood this dynamic, which is why the Afghan National Army was so quick to disband rather than fight.

Those who say Biden has blood on his hands for abandoning the Afghan people are ignoring the key facts. Could the evacuation have gone better? Sure. Biden has that. But the United States has spent a trillion dollars and brought thousands of our warriors to life to free Afghanistan from radical religious tyranny. How many more men and women in our armed forces should we sacrifice? Especially when it seems that a large percentage of Afghans do not even want to be freed from the Taliban.

To the experts who say that if we spent a few more months securing Kabul and ensuring an orderly evacuation, they should wonder if the Taliban would have accepted this proposal. Otherwise, a few more months could have meant an American military engagement and perhaps more American lives lost. Also, would it be better for the Taliban to force their way into Kabul? The result would still be a victory for the Taliban, but with more bloodshed.

As for the Americans who gave their lives in Afghanistan, that is what hurts me the most. But to the families and friends of those who perished, I say this: To die for a lost cause is not to die for nothing. It is wrong to think of it that way, and the world owes them a debt of gratitude for their service to America and to humanity. Maybe someday someone in Afghanistan will lead this nation to freedom, inspired by the commitment of the United States.

Finally, blaming Biden or Trump for the current situation in Afghanistan and not the Taliban risks engaging in the mistaken and arrogant thought that America is all-powerful and can solve all the ills in the world. We can not. All we can do now is pray for Afghanistan, thank and console Americans whose friends or family were killed or injured in our country’s longest war.

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