Was Last Week the Worst in American Foreign Policy This Century?

VARESE, Italy. February 24th, 2023. As the last full week of February draws to a close, it’s possible that looking at the big picture, the White House concluded and sustained the single most disastrous week in American foreign policy of the 21st century, surpassed perhaps only by the week leading to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

On Monday, February 20th, President Biden suddenly appeared in Kyiv to bear hug with Ukrainian President Zelensky and promise $500 million in ammunition support for the war. Biden said the purpose of his trip to the war zone was to “reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment” to Ukraine.

Ahead of his secret trip, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had communicated the President’s trip to Moscow for “de-confliction purposes.” The only time the US security establishment will bother itself about de-confliction in Ukraine evidently is to ensure Biden’s safe passage through the war he has done everything else in his power to continue.

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US Threatens More Pressure on the Taliban as Afghans Face of ‘Catastrophic’ Food Shortages

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which the West refers to as the Taliban, have announced their long-feared ordinance on the mandatory covering of women in public with either a hijab or a burqa.

The announcement was made in a plan that will be implemented through “encouragement and punishment,” involves a three-strikes rule, and that engages both “guardians” (brothers, fathers,) and a woman’s workplace.

U.S. Ambassador at the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she believes the ruling is “unconscionable,” while US special envoy Thomas West tweeted his “deep concern”. European Union Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson also brought up the EU’s “concern” over the face-coverings law, which also included the encouragement to create public encouragement to keep women at home, where “their best place” is.

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