When George W. Bush started and led two wars in the Middle-East he did not manage to end them or even to think out a concrete long term concept to tackle these problems. Its successors tried to take the situation under control, but always when they retreated from a volatile region – in the case of Barack Obama from Iraq or Donald Trump from syrian Kurdistan – the result was more chaos and not the end of the one or other war.

Those who lost their conviction to continue the fight in Afghanistan seemed to see it coming that the Talibans will regain much political influence or/and that it will end in another civil war, like this one after the soviet red army left Afghanistan. Civil war, reign of terror, famine, desperation of refugees and other miseries are menacing Afghanistan even more ardent.

America’s withdrawl was ill-prepared, but later or sooner many americans became tired and lost interest the longest war in US-history. The humanitarian and financial lost in this war went too far for some, while all presidential candidates in the last elections since 2008 won these elections by promising to end wars… or at least the engagement of the US-army in these oriental conflicts. While no one can be (re-)elected without promising peace at least one should help afghan refugees; women, children, volunteers who helped the americans etc.. They have right to asylum. Full stop.

Julien Sita, August 8th 2021.