Former President George W. Bush believes there will be consequences for the United States pulling out of Afghanistan. Bush, a Republican who was responsible for the 2001 invasion of the Middle Eastern country, told Deutsche Welle that withdrawing is a mistake. “Because I think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad and sad,” he said. The vacuum left by the withdrawal of both United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops, which is almost complete, enables the Taliban, which follow Islam, an opportunity to gain more power, putting women and children in danger, according to Bush. “I’m afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm,” he said. “They’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart.” Bush authorized the invasion of Afghanistan while in office shortly after terrorists attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, ramming planes …