US Blames Afghan Refugees for D.C. Shooting, Not Its 20-Year War
The New York Times reports that immigration officials are targeting Afghans for deportation after a shooting in D.C. This move conveniently sidesteps two decades of U.S. intervention, drone strikes, and nation-building failures that created millions of Afghan refugees in the first place. It's a classic case of blaming the symptoms while ignoring the disease—a disease largely contracted and spread
by U.S. foreign policy. This isn't about public safety; it's about political scapegoating, a well-worn playbook where a single incident by one individual becomes justification to punish an entire population. One might reflect that the U.S. 'liberated' Afghanistan only to condemn its shattered populace for seeking refuge from the rubble. How convenient to forget the chaos we sowed when it's time to
play moral superior.