Update: US sends troops in to evacuate embassy personnel in Kabul
Not only would this be the “Saigon moment” Biden is trying to avoid, it would signal a full-scale diplomatic abandonment of Afghanistan.
Not only would this be the “Saigon moment” Biden is trying to avoid, it would signal a full-scale diplomatic abandonment of Afghanistan.
He was a colleague and a principled truth-teller during an era of war, hubris, and Beltway banditry.
Brilliant, sophisticated, and absolutely dogged in his criticism of the Pentagon ‘self-licking ice cream cone,’ his death leaves a gaping hole.
The next step — passing the full Congress — seems closer than ever, which would end a 20-year-run for this much abused authority.