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The president issued a proclamation marking the fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack, honoring the dead while sharply attacking the previous administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. The remembrance is real; so is the political point-scoring. The move keeps Afghanistan grievance politics alive and turns a solemn anniversary into another round of blame assignment.
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The president issued a proclamation marking the fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack, honoring the dead while sharply attacking the previous administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. The remembrance is real; so is the political point-scoring. The move keeps Afghanistan grievance politics alive and turns a solemn anniversary into another round of blame assignment.
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