One year after Kabul debacle, US attempts to sustain hegemony at the cost of the whole world

ONE year ago, the US hastily and embarrassingly withdrew from Afghanistan. Now, the scene of that fiasco still lingers in many people's minds. But a year later, the US did not draw lessons from a war it had failed. What the world sees is that since the Kabul moment, the US has been mobilizing its resources to target China and Russia at the cost of the whole world.

US President Joe Biden delivered three speeches in April, July and August last year, respectively, on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Besides looking for a decent excuse for the disgraceful withdrawal, all the three speeches blatantly raised the true intent of the US — Washington needs to focus on shoring up America's core strengths to meet the strategic competition with China and Russia.