US Pauses Visas for Afghans After 20-Year War, Citing 'Security Concerns'
The State Department, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to expand the visa pause for anyone holding an Afghan passport, citing 'security concerns.' (Newsweek, 10/08/2018) This comes after the US spent two decades destabilizing the region, displacing millions, and creating the very 'security concerns' now used as justification to deny refuge. One might ask, what did they expect? A parade? It
appears the 'forever wars' are temporary when it comes to accountability, but forever when it comes to the consequences borne by the people whose lives were shattered. Funny how the same government that spent trillions and lives 'liberating' Afghanistan now deems its citizens too much of a 'risk' to enter the very nation that started the intervention. The irony, much like the war itself, is simply
devastating.