Graveyard of empires

 

"Biden's 'fall of Saigon' in Afghanistan presents worst moment yet of presidency" (Via @TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/voUX6Jc2nE pic.twitter.com/3ssqdjWuWl

— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2021

アフガン情勢、米国は何を読み違えたのか。
米政府はかたくなに「米国が訓練し、最新装備を与えたアフガン政府軍には自国を守る能力がある」と言い続けてきた。
その見立ては裏切られ、今日ブリンケン国務長官は「残念ながら、彼らは国を守ることはできなかった」と言った。https://t.co/EWeCgxAFDN

— 高野遼 (@takano_r) August 15, 2021

“I don’t think it’s going to be something that happens from a Friday to a Monday. So I wouldn’t necessarily equate the departure of our forces in July and August or by early September with some kind of immediate deterioration in the situation.”

QUESTION:  How did that assessment end up so wrong?  Is that an intelligence assessment that went wrong?  Is that a Pentagon assessment that went wrong?  Your own?  How – that did not age well. 

 

  And, unfortunately, tragically, they have not been able to defend the country, and I think that explains why this has moved as quickly as it’s moved.

 

町山智浩さんがリツイート

このタイミングできっちりタリバンと組んでた中国すげーなあ。中国外交、対先進国についてはダメダメだけれど第三世界への嗅覚の鋭さはびびる。 pic.twitter.com/GNJsHr0Hu5

— 安田峰俊| 口嫌体正直 (@YSD0118) August 14, 2021

China Preparing to Recognize Taliban if Kabul Falls: Sources

めぐる、めぐる、時代はめぐる　♪　だね。