The Taliban's return to power marks the first real foreign policy crisis
of the Biden administration — and a rare moment of bipartisan criticism
of Joe Biden. But will the bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan scramble
American politics, or merely deepen long-building fissures across the
political spectrum? On the right, attempts to save America's Afghan
allies have resurfaced fierce divides over immigration and diversity. On
the left, the pullout is reigniting a debate over the US's "forever
wars." Playbook co-authors Rachael Bade and Ryan Lizza on Biden's
political pitfalls.

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