The Swedish press called the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat" that Americans will remember for years to come.

The European press continues to comment on and analyze the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the defeat of the West in the fight against terrorism. They also comment on President Joe Biden's statement that Washington no longer intends to "intervene in other states in order to try to build democratic regimes there, if such initiatives do not find support in these states themselves."

The Swedish press is also pondering the current situation. In particular, the Dagens Nyheter edition comes out with an article by Karin Eriksson, which tells about stories an American who lost his limbs during the war in Afghanistan and is now trying to provide assistance to the same disabled war veterans.

The American interviewed says that he went to Afghanistan with childish maximalism, believing that "he is going to save the world." It is noted that many of the US military thought so after the September 11 attacks.

And after a while, like most American soldiers, he simply stopped believing in victory, in victory over terrorism, in building a democratic society in Afghanistan.

The interviewee by a Swedish journalist was once invited to the Oval Office, where he decided to express everything he thinks about the Afghan war. There, in a conversation with Donald Trump, a former US Army soldier said that it was impossible to win this war.

Now, in the US, many shrug their shoulders when asked whether they consider the September 11 victims and the ensuing loss of life in Afghanistan justified. People try to find words, but often they just don't find them. For example, the Swedish edition quotes one of the American interlocutors who says that “I would like to hope that we all learn at least some lessons from this situation”.

The author of the material in the Swedish press calls the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat" that Americans will remember for years to come.

The article points out that in Vietnam and Afghanistan, the United States supported corrupt regimes that were "openly weakly connected with the people."

Comments

[sergo1914]

Drap? Still have options?

[knn54]

I remembered a Finnish anecdote:
"In antiquity, Greek women stopped giving to men when they got tired of the war. 200 (and more) years ago Swedish women did the same - and Sweden has lived in peace ever since !.

[210ox]

Exactly! Swedish men are busy with themselves. What a war! There is more important lesson

[ccsr]

Quote: 210ox

Swedish men are busy with themselves.

If you are hinting at homosexuality, then this is not surprising - Swedish men are much prettier than their women, even judging by ABBA ...

[paul3390]

What the Americans will remember there is not very worried. The main thing is that everyone to whom they are enemies will remember this. New and possible in the future. And - to draw conclusions .. Extremely unpleasant for the United States.

[Klingon]

It's called a Swedish fly in the ointment.

[Flooding]

Quote: Klingon

It's called a Swedish fly in the ointment.

this is called a spoonful of Swedish surstroemming on an empty stomach

[tralflot1832]

Norwegians and Swedes cannot be taken with chemical weapons, they eat surstroemming for breakfast and drink tea.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

Norwegians and Swedes cannot be taken with chemical weapons, they eat surstroemming for breakfast and drink tea.

So this is where the word "dumb" comes from! ..

[den3080]

Quote: isv000

Quote: tralflot1832

Norwegians and Swedes cannot be taken with chemical weapons, they eat surstroemming for breakfast and drink tea.

So this is where the word "dumb" comes from! ..

surstroemming - surrealistically creepy
I tried in Sweden.
I bought it specially. Brought to Swedish acquaintances with whom he stayed.
They threw me out into their local garden: Open there.
Yoprst. I have never smelled such a sickening stench in my life.

But then nothing like that. Boiled potatoes, butter, onion, rye bread and absolute.
The main thing is not to sniff otherwise it will vomit instantly, it will not be possible to resist ...

[militarist63]

Surstremming can be tested for Covid ...

[tralflot1832]

Honestly, I used whiskey before reading, but after the word surstroemming I had to show remarkable abilities so that the good would not be lost.

[Mazaren]

The United States sank into a puddle specifically..and not only in Afghanistan! Russia has also put a lot of effort into this .. One Ukraine, kneels down in front of the states, and they promise and promise everything .. It's a shame for them, because they will throw even more vile

[isv000]

Quote: Mazaren

It's a shame for them, because they will throw even more vile

Immediately, a picture flashed of a woman clinging to the boot of the leaving man, and he with her boot ...

[Ross xnumx]

The Swedish press called the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat" that Americans will remember for years to come.

There the animals beat the elephant and I kicked it twice ... Swedes?

The thunder of cannon, the tramping, neighing, moaning,
And death and hell from all sides
... But close, close is the moment of victory.
Hooray! we break; bend the Swedes.
O glorious hour! oh nice view!
Another pressure - and the enemy flees.
And then the cavalry set off.
Murder sword swords,
And the whole steppe was covered with the fallen.
Like a swarm of black locusts.

[rocket757]

The Swedish press called the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat" that Americans will remember for years to come.

... Striped, will be remembered for a long time ??? Yes, they have already begun to call this drape a gorgeous victory ... and look into the annals, they will enter it into the textbooks of military science!
They will remember that .. but with those like water off a duck's back.

[Blacksmith 55]

I, too, are of that opinion.
Not even a couple of decades will pass.
They also fled from Vietnam, only their heels sparkled.
Now, if only soon they will be kicked out of the first power, then it is possible that they will not meddle in the affairs of other countries.

[rocket757]

Quote: Blacksmith 55

will not meddle in the affairs of other countries

The desire NOT TO CLIMB, does not depend on the size and other things. There are a lot of examples.
And about phantom "pain", habits and wishlist, it is not even necessary to speak. All this will be.

[Soldatov V.]

There is no retreat or defeat for the Americans. There is a big game going on. The Americans raised and created a state from whose territory the expansion to Russia will begin. The Taliban will gather under their banner all the Muslim post-Soviet countries. The attitude towards Russians is perfectly shown in a village near Moscow and on the buses of Khabarovsk. Soon, on buses, the driver will force passengers to pray with him. Remember the USSR and anti-religious propaganda a thousand times more.

[Pastor]

Retreat is when they go back, and stampede is when, as in Afghanistan, in any direction it is stampede

[Prisoner]

And how we will remember.

[Sands Careers General]

The Swedish press called the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat" that Americans will remember for years to come.

It's not even a retreat, but a stampede

[Kronos]

What a digression this is. The US leadership decided that the troops would leave Afghanistan as they no longer saw the point in their presence there. Save the lives and money of American taxpayers.

[isv000]

The Swedish press calls the US withdrawal from Afghanistan a "chaotic retreat"

For amers it was just a withdrawal of troops. They are not interested in the life and opinion of the vassals ...

[Spring fluff]

there are different articles and points of view. For example, Vavilov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NutELq5_Cg
An article in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/opinion/china-taiwan-afghanistan.html) actually confirms what is stated in the video about Afghanistan:
▪️accelerated withdrawal of US troops due to the overarching goal of containing China in the event of a war for Taiwan
▪The reputational losses of the United States are less important than the emergence of a large hotbed of conflict on the other side of the PRC's borders and will affect the PLA's plans to conduct the Taiwanese operation - thus Biden killed two birds with one stone - killed two birds with one stone.
▪️NYT also adds that the recent talks between Xi and Biden over the phone dealt with the Taiwanese topic and, in fact, outlined the responsibility of the parties for the military operation in Taiwan - everyone will suffer.

[aszzz888]

The Swedish press is also reflecting on the current situation.

Only the lazy one did not take a ride on the flight of the Merikatos from Afgan. Even the great one)) Sweden (I would have found it on the map!) allowed itself to take a ride through the zaluzhniki! World gendarme)) kick EVERYTHING!

[Alexey Kurilov_4]

Ont and from Vietnam skedaddle but Chota was quickly forgotten

[Valery Volkov]

A shameful flight, if you call a spade a spade, since they fled throwing everything - equipment, weapons and people ...