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[[Tom Tugendhat]] and [[Rory Stewart]] condemned the withdrawal. | [[Tom Tugendhat]] and [[Rory Stewart]] condemned the withdrawal. | ||
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Revision as of 01:13, 15 August 2021
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| Date | 2020 - Present |
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| Perpetrators | USA, UK |
| Description | The end of the occupation of Afghanistan? |
The Afghanistan/2021 withdraw is planned for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Contents
What's happening?
Afghanistan
The Taliban is capturing territories.
USA
Joe Biden is leading the withdrawal.
Most of Congress condemns.
Some in favour include Matt Gaetz, Rand Paul and Donald Trump
Britain
UK/Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says that Al-Qaeda will re-enter Afghanistan. Johnny Mercer said the UK had "chosen defeat", describing the lack of "political will" as "shameful", "sad", "humiliating for the British army", and above all a "tragedy for the Afghan people".[1]
Tom Tugendhat and Rory Stewart condemned the withdrawal.
As part of the Official opposition narrative, Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy also opposes the withdrawal.[2]
An example
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| Evacuation from Afghanistan | The evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan, one of the largest airlifts in history |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evacuation from Afghanistan | “There's so many people arguing about the withdrawal from Afghanistan blaming Trump, blaming Biden. 'Oh we should withdraw like this'. No no there's only one way to withdraw it's called get the f*** out of Afghanistan. Okay people in the west need to stop with this colonial mindset thinking they can just invade countries kill people stay there for 20 years and then act like they are the victims at Kabul Airport.” | Richard Medhurst | 27 August 2021 |
| Peter Jennings (ASPI) | “The only person who thinks there is no chance of militarily victory in Afghanistan is Joe Biden” | Peter Jennings (ASPI) | June 2021 |
| Bob Seely | “I know we have a duty to the world, I mean we think to the world's poor and we should be doing what we can to help. We don't have a duty to quote 'save the world'.” | Bob Seely | 3 September 2021 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:A warring nation, united against us | Letter | 19 August 2021 | Craig Murray | Craig Murray's letter to The Herald from prison in Edinburgh: "As with the previous three times when UK invasions were defeated in Afghanistan, we have united a warring nation in hatred of us." |
| Document:Afghanistan is not about you | Article | 19 August 2021 | Ella Whelan | Neocon MPs are concerned about the Afghanistan/2021 withdraw. The only problem is that they only care about themselves, and thereby show us the narcissism of Western intervention. |
| Document:Britain’s delusions that it could take on the Taliban alone are ludicrous - what are our empire-nostalgic MPs smoking? | Article | 19 August 2021 | Tom Fowdy | The UK Parliament was recalled for an emergency debate over the Afghanistan/2021 withdraw. While the BBC focused on the divide between the sides of the house with their face mask wearing, Parliament was united against the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan. Most MPs are urging Boris Johnson to go back to Afghanistan, and take on the Taliban, alone if necessary. |
| Document:The 20-year war on Afghanistan was a mistake | Speech | 18 August 2021 | Zarah Sultana | Speaking outside Parliament on 18 August 2021, prior to the Afghanistan emergency debate, Zarah Sultana joined colleagues including Jeremy Corbyn to say: "The war on Afghanistan shows – once and for all – that the West cannot deliver liberal democracy at the barrel of a gun. This war – the first 'War on Terror' – must be Britain's last war of aggression." |
| Document:The bloody legacy of Bomber Blair | Article | 1 January 2022 | Alex Snowdon | "Petition for Tony Blair to have his 'Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter' rescinded" Such an honour rests upon expecting us to conveniently forget or ignore the enormous damage that Blair did. People are right to be angry. |
| Document:Twenty Years On, We’ve Learned Nothing From 9/11 | Speech | 17 September 2021 | Ron Paul | 20 years on from 9/11, Ron Paul says that The Establishment in the United States has learned nothing since the attacks. |
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