CALTHOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 15, 2021
A WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL CALLED WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN “A DEBACLE.”
AND SO IT IS.
THE UNITED STATES ACHIEVED ITS INITIAL GOAL AFTER 9/11 OF SETTING BACK AL QAEDA AND THE
TALIBAN. IT WAS AGAIN POSSIBLE FOR GIRLS TO BE EDUCATED AND WOMEN TO WORK IN PROFESSIONS.
NO LONGER. AMERICAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL HAS LEAD TO THE RETURN OF THE TALIBAN AND A
VIOLATION OF FEMALE AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE ONE ELEMENT THAT LIARS IN THE ADMINISTRATION REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND IS RELIGION.
THE TALIBAN BELIEVE THEY ARE ACTING FOR THEIR FALSE GOD.
WE SHOULD BE REMINDED OF JOHN 16:2: “THE TIME IS COMING WHEN THOSE WHO KILL YOU WILL
THINK THEY ARE DOING A HOLY SERVICE FOR GOD.”
IGNORING THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT OF THE CONFLICT WAS A MAJOR MISTAKE, TALIBAN LEADERS,
INCLUDING OSAMA BIN LADEN, USED VIETNAM AS THEIR MODEL. THEY BELIEVED THE U.S., LIKE THE
SOVIETS BEFORE, WOULD GROW TIRED AND WITHDRAW. THEY WERE RIGHT. I AM VERY SORRY FOR THOSE
WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN AFGHANISTAN. THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVED BETTER. WE SHOULD
HAVE KEPT A SMALL FORCE IN THE COUNTRY. GOD HELP US IF AL-QAEDA MAKES A COMEBACK. I’M CAL
THOMAS.
