https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5703206-trump-nato-afghanistan-remarks-criticized/
President Trump has set off a firestorm in the United Kingdom and among NATO allies whose troops fought in Afghanistan by claiming NATO forces “stayed a little back” from the front lines. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leaders across the political spectrum, along with former soldiers and the parents of fallen military members, slammed Trump for dismissing the sacrifice allies made in the more than 20-year war.
Kemi Badenoch, the opposition leader in Britain, called Trump’s comments “a disgrace,” according to the BBC “We mustn’t have these sort of throwaway comments that actually weaken the strong relationship between those countries in the alliance,” she said. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey called Trump’s comments a “huge insult to our brave soldiers” and said the prime minister should demand an apology from Trump.
We are entering territory that it will be hard to walk back from. It is one thing to attack a corrupt Government, but to attack the integrity of the Soldiers of an Ally Nation. The War in Afghanistan was all about Drugs and selling Weapons. A proxy war, not worth the dying.