>Garry Kasparov
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1424418524831703043
''A tragedy and a shame. Many will be slaughtered and millions will be cast back into the Taliban dark ages. And it shows America is a untrustworthy ally, in contrast with dictators like Putin who show loyalty to their vile peers and allies.''
>https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1424418524831703043
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1424422626806493189
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1424422626806493189.html
I supported Biden over Trump without reservations in 2020. He had the chance to set America back on the path of standing for good, for the values of its founding. Instead, he is charting a course for the most defeatist and defeated US foreign policy in memory.
We saw in Obama the failure of trying to be friends with everyone. We saw in Trump a transactional, valueless president who used foreign policy for personal gain. If America is to mean anything more than cliches about freedom, it must show it in its actions.
You may say it is early in the Biden admin and that there is much damage to repair, plus the pandemic and economic crises. But if you see a car heading toward a cliff, you do not say "give it some time." America must lead on the global stage or China & Russia will.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/08/08/1025909600/taliban-seizes-2-more-provincial-capitals-in-afghanistan