ICHEOKU says supports Joe Biden's resolve on the complete withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan, but rejects the attempt to put some blame on President Donald John Trump for an Afghanistan upturned by the Taliban. Joe Biden has been canceling everything and anything with Trump's name and signature on it, and could have also easily canceled whatever agreement which President Donald John Trump reached with the Taliban on Afghanistan withdrawal. But he chose otherwise and did not do so. Rather, he fully embraced the agreement in fulfillment of his own election campaign pledge to finally end the Afghanistan war by bringing all the troops back home and proceeded to do so.
Therefore, whatever happened in Afghanistan under Joe Biden's watch was entirely of his own making as the buck squarely stopped on his desk and nobody else. It was under Joe Biden's watch that Taliban took back their Afghanistan which was previously taken from them by the Americans in 2001 and so is the story, period. The Taliban merely took back what belongs to them and nobody, not even Joe Biden, should be blamed for the fate which finally befell Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan made their choice in choosing the Taliban over the government in Kabul, otherwise the 300,000 "well trained" and well equipped" Afghanistan soldiers would have easily defended their country against the 75,000 rag tag Taliban fighters. But they did not because they are all Taliban and prefer their medieval lifestyle as opposed to Western civilized lifestyle.
Everybody should therefore butt out and let Afghanis carry on with the type of governance which they prefer and have chosen. They made their choice abundantly very clear by openly welcoming Taliban back to their country's seat of power in Kabul. We should therefore not cry them a river or pretend that we are more Afghanistan than Afghanis, or that we love them more than they love themselves or that we know best what type of governance is better for Afghanistan. They had twenty years of experimenting a civilized Western form of governance and to choose which type of government they prefer, and they have chosen their medieval Taliban. It was not for lack of trying or that America finally did what they should have done since 2011 following the Osama bin Laden killing, but that Afghanis are strongly convinced that Taliban style of governance is best for them and in their best interest.
So, it would not have mattered if America extended its stay by another twenty years or indefinitely; did not enter an agreement with the Taliban on withdrawal ofamerican troops from Afghanistan; or did not even announce the withdrawal date. The outcome would have remained the same, the Taliban would have still returned back to power. It is entrenched in Afghanis' DNA as they were born and programmed that way, and no Jupiter would have effected a different outcome short of completely wiping out every Afghani above the age of 30 years and then take a chance at retraining and reprogramming those left behind. President Donald John Trump rightly said that winning the war would have required the killing about ten million Afghanis but he chose not to kill that many people. To this, ICHEOKU adds that the number would actually have been double the assessed figure if there were to be any chance of ever building a new nation of Afghanistan with a fully purged Taliban mindset.
But since killing this millions of Afghanis was not possible nor an option and former President Hamid Karzai unceasingly berated America each time there is some collateral damage, accusing America of genocide and war crimes, it was good that America cut their losses and beat it fast out of that country. You cannot help a people who do not want to be helped as it is clear that twenty years of persuasion did not move a needle in them. So, with them moving back to their Stone Age life, it will make it one less place for the world to worry about with the dwindling of resources and developmental aids facing the world. Taliban is the majority party in Afghanistan and they proved it with the easy manner with which they routed the country, with their members in the Afghanistan national army surrendering to them as they pushed to Kabul rather than fight them. Needless to add that the embedded Taliban in the Afghanistan national army were even also killing American soldiers who were training them.
Therefore, ending the outrage that was the extended stay in Afghanistan was a thing whose time came since in 2011, but which Joe Biden finally, courageously and resolutely fulfilled. He should be commended and supported for doing the right thing and what is in the best interest of American people. No amount of blackmail will tarnish Joe Biden's legacy on this issue or cajole him into sending American troops back in Afghanistan to continue fighting an unwinnable war with the Taliban, especially when their fellow Afghanis refused to fight them because they are the same family members. It is their country, their people and their Taliban; let them deal with themselves as they see fit. So, to hell with anyone who is blaming Joe Biden for finally manning up, backbone firmed and doing what should have been done ten years earlier in 2011. Afghanis do not want to be civilized and prefers their ancient lifestyle, and the world cannot do anything further but to indulge them.
Sadly enough, the same foreign media and some domestic pundits, who were attacking America for "killing innocent women and children" in Afghanistan, are the same people who are now pillorying America for ending the "killing or innocent women and children of Afghanistan" by withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan. They are piling pressure on Joe Biden to force him to reverse course, but thankfully, Joe Biden is not President Donald John Trump who is easily swayed by such armed chair criticism and "opinion polls". Joe Biden is fully resolved and completely convinced in the rightness of his decision to end that war and majority of American people approve and stand firmly with him. Having such a firm resolve is the benefit of his political longevity and he will be rewarded with additional votes should he run again in 2024 because of this. It is the right thing to do and he did it, despite the pressure and for it ICHEOKU is grateful and thankful.
The world should take solace in that Taliban is just another form of governance and should accept the unshakeable fact that they have come back to power In Afghanistan. They were there before 9/11 and being there now should not make a whole of difference, if any. They should be accepted as the choice of majority of Afghanistan people, who cheered them on as they rolled through the territories and regional capitals of Afghanistan right into the presidential palace in Kabul. They met little to no resistance as they rolled, which shows that the Afghanis are on their side and supported their move against the President Ashraf Ghani's feeble government in Kabul. The world should bring them closer and work with them, in order to encourage them not to allow their territory to become a breeding ground for terrorists again. But should they open up their geographical space for terrorists to incubate, any attack linked to Afghanistan should be responded to with overwhelming fury.
So, until such an event occurs, the world must now cool down, recognize that there is an incontrovertible change of government in Kabul. A new sheriff is in town in Afghanistan and to deal with them in all matters affecting and concerning Afghanistan, is what they must do. For those who are saying that they will not recognize a government which fought its way into power, ICHEOKU says will like to remind them that there are so many governments in the world which similarly fought their way into power, including through military coups. Uganda's President Museveni Yoweri, Myanmar's military junta and Mali's Assimi Goita are few examples. There are also so many other governments in the world that were not democratically elected such as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, North Korea etc; yet the world still deals with them. How is the Taliban any different since "Taliban-ism" is just another form of government in addition to democracy, theocracy, monarchy, dictatorship, republican etc. #AshrafGhaniFled.
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