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Departure From Afghanistan Part of Era of Failed Foreign Policy

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Departure From Afghanistan Part of Era of Failed Foreign Policy
British armed forces work with the U.S. military to evacuate eligible civilians and their families out of the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2021. British Ministry of Defense Crown Copyright via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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The best that can be said of the appalling departure from Afghanistan is that the current Taliban government in that country does appear to be less compulsively barbarous than the previous Taliban government that was sent packing in 2003.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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