As Tony Blair criticizes Joe Biden's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, his former U.K. defense secretary Geoff Hoon defended the American president.
Tony Blair: Afghanistan Withdrawal Has 'Every Jihadist Group Cheering'
"The European approach was probably more nuanced in terms of thinking through the strategic consequences of our forces being there and recognizing, even in those early days, that we couldn't do that forever."that the decision to invade was the right one at that time."I had calls from virtually every defense minister at some stage in the free world, all of whom had been told by their president or prime minister that they had to do something to assist the United States.
"It would have been extraordinary, and I think the administration would have fallen if they had not taken action." The Taliban is not a monolith. Its leaders are already jockeying for influence in Kabul, and the months and years to come will likely bring internal power struggles of varying severity between blocks with different methods, ideologies, and goals.truce with the Taliban. For now, the necessity of the evacuation will trump any wish to undermine Afghanistan's new leaders. But this uneasy detente is unlikely to prove permanent.
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