Therefore, once U.S. forces leave, it is almost inevitable that an anti-Western, anti-U.S. regime will arise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
Empty political space will be filled by extremists unless the United States and its allies build strong local forces that can suppress terrorist groups and warlords both. When the U.S. creates such local forces, it must be persistent. If it withdraws from these efforts, as America did in Iraq in 2011, it invites mayhem.
Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.
I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.
It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.
No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.
As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
We in the West walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the Cold War and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again, there will be consequences.
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