On Monday the U.S launched multiple missiles targeted at  ISIS-K camps in Afghanistan. President Biden mourned the death of the people killed in the attack and issued an ultimatum that the people involved in the Kabul bombing will not be spared. Though very presidential in his address, this gesture was more like a betrayal.

As hundreds of innocent afghanis that had fought for the U.S. in the last twenty years were abandoned to be captured or killed, president Biden refused to address this issue consistently. He went on to even ask the press not to ask him about the troop withdrawal. This routine of inaction though started with the modification of the original deal from the Trump administration in 2020.

According to the 2020 deal, the U.S did not recognize Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan nor did it agree on absolute withdrawal at once. 

The Biden deal though practically gave away all the demands of the Taliban as if to expect a takeover. The presumption of the U.S . expecting the Taliban to take over as soon as possible is further strengthened by their absolute lack of air or missile support while the Afghan army was fighting the Taliban. These specific decisions draw eerie parallels to the Bosnia Herzgonia ethnic cleansing. 

When the army did lose and surrendered, the U.S even allowed the Taliban to take over the airport which resulted in escalating to the violence the whole world saw in the past few weeks.

As the civilians were killed in dozens the Biden administration refused to respond or retaliate. The disregard of the issue finally changed when some of the U.S. military personnel were killed and injured in the Kabul bombing. Only then did the administration acted swiftly to bomb terrorist camps. The swift action however was fueled by political clout. While the civilians were victimized, the Biden administration did not suffer any political loss but as the  U.S troops fell victim, there were risks of ramifications.

This fear of political consequences is what led U.S to bomb the ISIS-K camps.

President Biden then also announced that they will bomb any camp that was linked to the attack in Kabul which could set the most dangerous precedent of all. It would send the U.S. back into the lap of a less than sincere Pakistani intelligence. The same vicious cycle of dependence on Pakistan the previous four American administrations were trapped in. 

The recent actions of the current government only display that this administration is also blinded by the same political profits as any of its predecessors. This avarice may also lead to the same cataclysms his predecessors created.