Who benefits?

Dennis Prager writes,

If some policy benefits your country most, you should, within moral bounds, pursue it.

If your enemies benefit most, you should avoid it.

Who benefits? China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, every Islamic terror group in the world and every other anti-American regime and movement.

Ben Shapiro notes, "China's Global Times, a Communist Party mouthpiece, chortled, 'From what happened in Afghanistan, those in Taiwan should perceive that once a war breaks out in the Straits, the island's defense will collapse in hours and U.S. military won't come to help. As a result (Taiwan) will quickly surrender.'

It seems that every generation has to relearn the basic laws of life, such as this one: There are many bad people and many bad countries in the world, and only a fear of good countries prevents them from conquering other countries.

There is less fear of good countries in the world today than at any time since World War II. And that is especially so because the good countries are preoccupied with their own alleged evils rather than with the world's real evils.

Read more here: https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2021/08/31/cui-bono-who-benefits-from-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-n2595041