The Afghanistan Aftermath: Will The U.S. Withdrawal Embolden Terrorists To Attack America?
By Paul Davis
A retired intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan on multiple tours expressed his bitterness over the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan and the surrender to the Taliban.
“We went into Afghanistan after 9/11 to root out and kill the al Qaeda terrorists who planned and executed the worst attack on America, and to overthrow the Taliban government who aided, abetted and offered sanctuary to al Qaeda,” recalled the former intelligence officer. “Now twenty years later, we withdrew foolishly from Afghanistan and allowed the Taliban back in.”
The former intelligence officer, who preferred not to use his name, said that the hasty withdrawal and surrender to the Taliban and their terrorist allies offers encouragement to terrorists around the world to begin anew their terrorism campaigns. He also said that the Taliban and their allies were major narcotics traffickers, and they used the drug profits to finance international terrorism. He fully expects the Afghan drug trafficking to expand now that the Taliban is back in charge of the country.
The Afghanistan veteran was not only critical of President Biden, he was also critical of former President Trump, whose withdrawal agreement excluded the Afghan government, freed thousands of Taliban fighters from prison, and set a date of May 1, 2021 for final withdrawal. The veteran intelligence officer said that we should not have informed the enemy of the date that we planned to leave.
“We should hav...