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Leaving the ESPN Zone of Empires

Leaving the ESPN Zone of Empires

Biden and Trump are both right; it's time to move on

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Apr 19, 2021
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (C) meets with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 21, 2021
(Photo by Afghan Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Joe Biden, apparently in defiance of much of the top military brass, has committed to removing the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the summer.

There is a very strong consensus among analysts that this means the Taliban will overrun the Afghan government and reassert control …

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