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Congress should call for an Afghanistan War Commission immediately. It is time for the politicians, contractors, and military officers who planned and executed the war in Afghanistan to face the music. For too long, Congress has neglected its duty to hold the executive branch accountable for the policies it is charged with enforcing.
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan was a debacle. Afghans falling from aircraft, haphazard withdrawal from Kabul and Bagram Air Force Base, and the suicide bombing that killed a dozen Marines, a soldier, and a Navy corpsman—to say nothing of the total implosion of the Afghan National Army—demand a full accounting from those in charge of these operations.
But a review of the retreat from Afghanistan is, ultimately, of only secondary importance. The American people deserve a full recounting of the war itself.
Why did America invade Afghanistan? Why didn’t the Bush Administration take the Taliban’s offer to turn over Osama bin Laden to a third party? Why did American forces stay even when it was obvious Bin Laden had fled after the battle of Tora Bora? Why couldn’t the CIA find Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, in a decade and a half of searching? Why did more than 40 percent of the reconstruction funds spent in Afghanistan simply get laundered into the hands of local warlords and even to the Taliban itself?
Instead of asking why Americans were denied first priority in the evacuation out of Afghanistan, or why America took in tens of thousands of Afghan “refugees” even after the Taliban announced a general amnesty , Congress has gone completely silent. This is unacceptable.
The era of congressional acquiescence to an “invade the world, invite the world” foreign policy needs to end. So, too, does the era of quiet compliance in the face of outright corruption. Our generals can’t win wars, but they never have any difficulty winning seats on corporate boards. According to the Washington Post , the eight generals who commanded American forces in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2018 have gone on to serve on more than 20 corporate boards.
To take one example of the […]
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