Born in the years of the Cold War, the German Army was the backbone of NATO forces in Europe. Today, it is... "a quasi-humanitarian organization, a kind of Médecins Sans Frontières with guns".
Meanwhile.... American officials, not humiliated enough, were trying to obtain assurances from the Taliban that, in exchange for aid, they would not attack the US Embassy in Kabul.
Afghan feminists counted on the solidarity of their German colleagues. But the Green Party was apparently too busy deleting male politicians from official photos for their feminist propaganda. Well, what about the Swedish Army, then? It was busy waving the LGBT flag.
Meanwhile, the US military was busy teaching "critical race theory" at West Point. All great on the Western front ...
In the so-called "free world" there is the thick, unhealthy air of betrayal.
American officials, not humiliated enough, have been trying to obtain assurances from the Taliban that, in exchange for aid, they would not attack the US Embassy in Kabul. Pictured: A wall mural painted on the wall of US Embassy in Kabul, on July 30, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
"What we've witnessed this week in Afghanistan is a watershed moment in Western decline", Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote. "America cares more about pronouns than the fate of Afghan women."
You could see it from the Western diplomatic response after the Taliban conquered Kabul without firing a shot and arrived in the capital as tourists.
"The Afghan government should engage with the Taliban to reach an inclusive agreement". Even before Afghanistan had fallen into hands of the Taliban, that intrepid EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was already begging the Afghans to reach an agreement with the Islamists.
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