On Monday’s episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ripped off “the Band-Aid”, dedicating his entire opening monologue to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and the Un…
“The U.S. has been there for 20 years. We spent $2 trillion. We trained a 300,000-man strong Afghan army, and the Taliban took it over in 10 days,” the late-night host summarized. “The country is in complete chaos.”
Ultimately, he had to agree in part with Raddatz, saying that “it’s hard to argue that the White House didn’t shank the withdrawal.” “He’s right. Why should our soldiers be fighting radicals in a civil war in Afghanistan? We’ve got our own on Capitol Hill,” Colbert said. “What’s happening now is the responsibility of both parties, and the American people who voted them into office.”
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