Americans Left behind in Afghanistan

‘It’s amazing to watch in real time the fabrication of an Americans-left-behind stab-in-the-back myth,” writes The Atlantic’s David Frum.

Was General Frank McKenzie, the four-star commander of the U.S. Central Command, perpetuating the Americans-left-behind stab-in-the-back myth when he said there was “a lot of heartbreak” associated with our departure from Afghanistan, because we “did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out?”

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‘It’s amazing to watch in real time the fabrication of an Americans-left-behind stab-in-the-back myth,” writes The Atlantic’s David Frum.

Was General Frank McKenzie, the four-star commander of the U.S. Central Command, perpetuating the Americans-left-behind stab-in-the-back myth when he said there was “a lot of heartbreak” associated with our departure from Afghanistan, because we “did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out?”