Different nations, different wars — yet U.S. power will survive both defeats.
But there is no balance of power struggle between the U.S., and the Taliban, Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and other Islamic militant groups. The two sides are simply too unequal. Groups like the Taliban can win at the grassroots level in their home nations, but that’s different than occupying Eastern Europe as the Soviets did. The U.S.
But won’t defeat in Afghanistan cause America’s allies to lose faith in Washington’s willingness to defend them? The obvious answer is that any nation that expects American troops to keep dying on its behalf for 20 years deserves to have doubts – and might consider doing a better job of defending itself.
Will the Fall of Afghanistan traumatize the American psyche? Probably not. The Vietnam War was fought by a conscript army in an unpopular conflict that created deep divisions in American society, especially against the draft. The Afghan War was fought by a professional military insulated from the rest of society. America as a nation may have had a stake in Afghanistan, but most Americans didn’t.
the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. Will the Fall of Afghanistan affect President Biden? Domestic politics – fear of being seen as “soft” on Communism – helped drive the U.S. into the Vietnam War. Yet by 1975, America had moved on to other problems: President Gerald Ford didn’t lose to Jimmy Carter in 1976 because Saigon fell. Similarly, post-9/11 fears of terrorism helped George W.
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