Strategika
Strategika

Issue 75

America After Afghanistan

Friday, September 24, 2021

How should Americans assess the recent chaos in Afghanistan?

The Afghan self-inflicted disaster is the greatest American strategic, political, and military defeat of the past 50 years.
27%
An American contingent in Afghanistan was still viable to deter the Taliban and to facilitate U.S. air operations.
27%
The staying or leaving is not the problem; the terrible manner in which we left is.
29%
Despite the chaos, making a clean break now from Afghanistan is better than a costly one later on.
5%
Ignore the media: the U.S. was right to leave—and did so in the best way given the circumstances.
12%
Total votes: 162
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