Commentary Retirement plans warn of a “penalty for early withdrawal.” Might that also apply to the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan? If you set aside the victory by coalition forces that expelled Saddam Hussein’s overmatched troops from Kuwait in 1991, the United States has not won a war since World War II. Not in Korea, not in Vietnam, and now, says President Biden, Afghanistan is a war we cannot win. Osama bin Laden predicted we didn’t have the staying power and would ultimately tire of the conflict. President Biden claims “America’s longest war is ending.” It may only get worse, because terrorism knows no state boundaries and does not conduct itself according to classic rules of warfare. After initially saying nothing about helping thousands of translators, drivers, and others who assisted Americans, Biden has promised to relocate them to a third country while their U.S. visas are processed. That is something we did …
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