Barbara Lee, who was the only congressperson to vote against authorizing George W. Bush to use military force in Afghanistan in 2001, has some thoughts on Joe Biden’s withdrawal.
What are your current emotions as you watch the situation in Afghanistan unfold after your two-decade-long fight?
The president made the absolute right decision, but what the process was and [what] the execution of it is we have to learn. We have to unravel this and ask all of the questions because we can never allow this to happen again. We are in the process now.I think the president was honest, he was forthright, and he told the truth. Whether the message was received, we would have to ask people. But I’m confident that the president made the strongest case.
People need to pay attention to several things. One is that the United States cannot nation-build around the world. What we had over the last 20 years was a military presence that was in the business of, for the most part, nation building. We did help women, and we have to figure out a strategy where we continue to make sure women not only are protected, but that they can move forward in their empowerment movement for education and for women’s rights.
We have to look at how to reenter the world in terms of our global leadership as it relates to peace and security. A lot of people don’t believe we should invest anything in foreign aid, but I think this moment should highlight the fact that we don’t spend that much on diplomacy and development. All of the resources are in the defense budget. We need to reimagine, rebalance, and reshape our spending priorities.I don’t even call it anti-interventionism.
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