Tuesday will be a year since the last U.S. troop left Afghan soil. Neither the country we spent two decades fighting for nor Joe Biden’s presidency have been the same since.
Sadly, on two points, there is little room for debate. First, the people of Afghanistan are far worse off today than before, as nearly half of them face acute food insecurity. Second, by making his own leadership and the United States appear weak and irresolute as Kabul fell, Biden started a process that has made him one of U.S. history’s least popular presidents at this point of his tenure – even though I believe his overall foreign policy record is actually better than perceived.
