Former UK PM Tony Blair calls US withdrawal tragic and unnecessary
In his post, Mr Blair said the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan had been driven by politics, and referred to ending "the forever wars" - a phrase used by US President Joe Biden during his election campaign.
He is the former prime minister most often remembered for the huge controversies that swirled around the conflict in Iraq. The thrust of his case, in this 2,700 word article he has written for his website, is the Taliban are a case study in what he sees as a strategic problem for the West: the desire to turn the religion into an extreme political ideology.The issue, though, in western countries - in democracies - is that long term, open-ended military commitments do require public support.
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