The Republican responses to the collapse In Afghanistan were predictable: the few remaining CDs are horrified, and would support some sort of surge; the PBPs will use the bad news opportunistically to resist tax increases; and the America First CLs and Reactionaries will be indifferent. In the end, their opinions won’t matter much, particularly since Trump was as eager to exit the country as Biden is.
But what about the left? Will AOC and her friends demand military support for the Afghan women? Will foreign policy take a feminist turn here?
I doubt it. The left will flinch a bit, but they have no more use for this war than the America Firsters. Still, the issue bears watching.