If you like neat lines, tidiness and admire symmetry, what’s not to like about the decision of Joe Biden to pull American combat troops out of Afghanistan by 11 September 2021 – exactly 20 years on from 9/11?
In modern day America it often feels that all roads lead back to 9/11; the single most defining – and scarring – event since Pearl Harbor: the surprise attack by the Japanese on America’s Pacific fleet, which would ultimately bring America into World War Two.
Little to nothing was accomplished after 20 years and the cost was just too high. Too many lives lost.
It’s ugly but getting out is the right thing to do.
If another attack originates from there or elsewhere bomb them into the stone age, forget about nation building.
