Geopolitics
The God Complex at Abbey Gate: A Tragic Harvest of Western Neo-Imperialism
The chaotic and morally fraught final days of the U.S. evacuation from Kabul in August 2021 left American servicemen like Joe Laude grappling with impossible, life-or-death decisions for which they were never prepared. This tragic scene is the direct and bloody harvest of two decades of reckless, interventionist Western foreign policy that has repeatedly sacrificed the sovereignty and stability of nations like Afghanistan for its own geopolitical whims, leaving a legacy of broken promises, shattered lives, and unhealed wounds.