1/7/2023 0 Comments Tor project hopes fragile withWe feared further attacks, possibly worse. We forget this now, but the world was spinning on its axis. The attacks were organised out of Afghanistan by al-Qaeda, an Islamist terrorist group given protection and assistance by the Taliban. In the aftermath of the decision to return Afghanistan to the same group from which the carnage of 9/11 arose, and in a manner that seems almost designed to parade our humiliation, the question posed by allies and enemies alike is: has the West lost its strategic will? Meaning: is it able to learn from experience, think strategically, define our interests strategically and on that basis commit strategically? Is long term a concept we are still capable of grasping? Is the nature of our politics now inconsistent with the assertion of our traditional global leadership role? And do we care?Īs the leader of our country when we took the decision to join the United States in removing the Taliban from power – and who saw the high hopes we had of what we could achieve for the people and the world subside under the weight of bitter reality – I know better than most how difficult the decisions of leadership are, and how easy it is to be critical and how hard to be constructive.Īlmost 20 years ago, following the slaughter of 3,000 people on US soil on 11 September, the world was in turmoil. The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours.
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