It is difficult to save people who don’t want to be saved. It is fairly obvious that many Afghans did not want the U.S. forces to remain in the country and actively opposed our presence there. On the other hand, many Afghans do support democratic government, are not religious fanatics, and believe that women should be educated and participate in government.
When American and NATO forces leave that country, women, religious minorities, scientists, teachers, and liberals who believe in non-sectarian government will either be killed or have to go underground. These allies who stood by us will be abandoned, much like the Kurds and the Vietnamese who also were our allies.
What should we do? We should take them in. Could we take a million? Of course we could. That would be one Afghan for about every 330 people. That does not seem that great a sacrifice to save the lives of our friends and our allies.
Will we do that? Of course we won’t. We will abandon them to the Taliban.
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