NATO allies, which fought alongside the United States in Afghanistan, went along, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Even President Trump, who made a career of thumbing his nose at the foreign policy establishment, deferred to his generals when they warned him not to withdraw all American forces. “To me, that does require introspection on the part of the foreign policy establishment.”While Mr. Biden may have antagonized foreign policy elites, his determination to extricate the United States from costly entanglements overseas plays better with average Americans. A longtime senator who chaired the Foreign Relations Committee, he embraced the post-World War II vision of a globally active United States. Yet in his years as vice president, Mr. Biden’s disenchantment with military adventures emerged as one of his core beliefs.

Source: International New York Times September 01, 2021 21:22 UTC