That is the EXCUSE.
But the US and allies invaded both Iraq and Afghanistan on that pretext. Afghanistan was supposed to be where Bin Laden was, but he buggered off to Pakistan (America's ally at the time). And Iraq was invaded due to lies about WMD.
SO what was the REAL reason for the invasions?
THe military /industrial complex.
I do not know who Sarah VIne is, but there is no doubt the US is abandoning those people.In the last 20 years it has been International charity organisations such as Christian Aid, Save the Children, OXfam, Aide International, and many others who have taken the opportunity to set up in Afghanistan to try to modernise gender relations.
So I guess Sarah Vine was maybe over reacting making that statement about the abandonment of the innocence, namely the women and children’s human rights and general welfare.
Whilst the US government may have laid claim to the humanitarian efforts ,they themselves have not done the work.
What the US and allied militaries have been doing is paying collaborators to try to control the situation, and give information as to where they can find the poppy and cannabis fields so they can destroy the local economies by burning down the cash crops.
It is the collaborators whose lives are now being lost, and under threat from the new regime.
And just like they left thousands of Vietnamese that had helped the US regime in the 1970 to die ,so too are similar individuals going to die.
