Biden’s losing game in Afghanistan

For his part, Ghani played the sober statesman, insisting that he and his government “respect” Biden’s decision, did not feel abandoned and would “manage the consequences.” But he invoked a disturbing metaphor, suggesting that Afghanistan was living its own “moment of 1861” – a nod to the start of the American Civil War. “The young republic of the United States was under attack, unity, determination and making sure that an exclusionary agenda was not allowed – [this] Ghani told reporters on Friday. And he said in statements before his meeting with Biden: “We are determined to unite and cohesion [a] A patriotic sense of sacrifice and nothing will be spared.”