After the fall of Afghanistan and the Taliban, there is a lot of discussion about what we are learning. There are many studies, including the need for American leadership and the weak results.
What is also important is that we reflect on where we first went to Afghanistan. The lessons are forgotten, but they are only getting worse. The more neglected they are, the more America will be able to mobilize in times of crisis, and our country and freedom will be at greater risk. Amnesia nationwide will have serious consequences.
Most Americans (at least two-thirds) does not consider war on Afghanistan to be important. For younger generations, especially those born after September 11, 2001, and those attending American schools today, the numbers are much higher.
The rising generation has little knowledge and does not remember what happened on a bright September morning. They do not know the story of the women and men and the men and women and sisters and brothers who died that day. Worst of all, he does not understand the enemy who not only killed 2,997 innocent people, but also hates us for all that our country stands for.
It is not surprising that today’s students – and future leaders – do not know why we fought the 20-year war in another part of the world. However the youngest generation, as well as future generations, should know: America went to Afghanistan because Afghanistan came to America.
The dictatorship of Afghanistan came as a form of 19 Islamic terrorists. They were driven solely by hatred by the United States, and behind them were Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda militant group, which had planned attacks on Afghanistan’s security. They were welcomed into the country by another terrorist group – the Taliban – and given them strong security by their government.
Both al-Qaeda and the Taliban violated the rights of Americans and all of us who access these rights. The same right to oppose what our government is doing and to exercise free will are some of the things that our enemy hates the most. He still does, and he always will. Their extremist ideology demands nothing more than the demise of the United States and the subjugation of the people to their interpretation of Sharia law.
That is why America annexed Afghanistan. We saw our goal in preventing the American people from being re-examined from al-Qaeda’s Taliban defense base, which was already under attack. This was a global defense against those who were waging war on the United States. We must also realize now that Islam will not rest on its laurels. This has not changed, even though the American people are aware.
We went to Afghanistan for good reasons, reasons that were important to the whole country. We need to remember them. And while there is reason to be skeptical of what has happened in the last 20 years, it is important that we encourage the next generation to ask the right questions. Why did we stay so long? Is the goal to eradicate the Taliban morph into a government house in Afghanistan? Why did we try to win? How did the surveillance tools we developed to help the terrorists start exploring the American people?
The answers to these questions are important, and we should explore them and encourage students to do the same. However, we cannot immediately go into the abyss of American participation in Afghanistan as a whole. If we do not learn from our history, we will see the dangers of artificial inventions such as these that are taking place today on the streets of Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan. There will be terrible tragedies in the future of our way of life. It still seems like we are brave and determined to face them.
Strengthening national power is a national priority. It should start in the classroom and in the house. That’s why my organization is offering a free education section: “Understanding September 11, 2001.The purpose of which is used in secondary and secondary education, provides an opportunity for students to address the reasons for their actions, as well as the responses that followed.
Much needs to be done to restore our understanding of what our country has done in the last few days after the terrorist attacks on the United States. The upcoming 20th anniversary is a natural time to commemorate the twentieth anniversary, instead of the past two months the departure of America and the fall of Afghanistan. There are facts there that we need to reconsider, especially as Afghanistan returns to where it was on September 11, 2001. For many citizens who are imagining what happened there, a safer and stronger America will be here – and for years to come.