The phrase that everyone was parroting after 9/11?
The Taliban just defeated the United States and has retaken Afghanistan, just in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Defeated might be a strong word…. America simply gave up. Our policy of pacifism in nation building has never worked. When we conquer territory, we owe it to the people in the territory to give them our full commitment – make them a state, pay for it by auctioning off property internationally, and use harsh Roman strategies to put down continued resistance.
The Afghanistan people who supported us; those who fought alongside American troops and translated for Americans, and the little girls and women who believed our promises that they could get an education and have rights, are now being raped and murdered.