US Halts Afghan Visas, Forgets Owning The Collapse
The irony is not lost on anyone paying attention. After a 20-year occupation, trillions spent, and a chaotic troop withdrawal in 2021 that handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban, the US now slams the door on those fleeing the very chaos it helped create. The shooting of two National Guardsmen, while tragic, serves as a convenient pretext to further abandon a population left in geopolitical
purgatory. One might wonder why, after pledging to protect allies, the US suddenly finds a single individual’s actions sufficient to penalize an entire nation whose stability it destabilized. This isn't merely a pause; it’s a policy of denial. The narrative shifts blame from the architects of prolonged conflict and disastrous withdrawal to those desperately seeking refuge. It’s easier to demonize
an entire nation's citizens than to acknowledge the long shadow cast by US interventionism and its abrupt departure. We're expected to forget the 2001 invasion and the subsequent decades of 'democracy-building' when a security incident provides political cover for an inhumane immigration stance.