Afghanistan, Berlusconi: “The withdrawal is a serious mistake, twenty years of sacrifices nullified”

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The former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi intervened on the Afghan disaster of these hours. The Forza Italia leader, through a note sent to the press, declared that the “withdrawal” of Western troops from Afghanistan was a “serious mistake”.

Not only that, because Silvio Berlusconi also wanted to place an emphasis on timing of the retreat of the armies, defining “hasty” the “disengagement” with which the forces that had intervened in that area of ​​the world twenty years ago left the free field.

In the note, there is also space for the feelings of dismay felt in these hours, as well as for a reflection on what to do by Western forces, primarily NATO: “The dramatic images that come from Kabul fill us with anguish and bitterness – Berlusconi said – . The West – the former premier immediately added – he cannot limit himself to witnessing resigned to the triumph of his enemies, of the Islamic fundamentalism he is bringing back l’Afghanistan to the darkest periods of its history “. In short, we should not resign ourselves to what is happening. Afghanistan is plunging back into the worst of nightmares, according to the political leader, as well as retraced by Italpress.

Berlusconi continued, focusing on the “twenty years of sacrifices and shed blood“, which accompanied the missions in that part of the globe. In his examination, the center-right summit pointed out how that blood and those years have been shed and used “to guarantee stability and security to that great country“. But the efforts, after the capitulation of Kabul and after the reconquest of every province by the Taliban, have indeed been”thwarted by a disengagement that turned out to be hasty and unprepared“. Italy, however, has no faults in this affair. And also on this point the president of Forza Italia wanted to have his say.

After the first part of the reflection, Berlusconi continued, stating that “of course, after the American decision to withdraw, decided by the Trump administration and confirmed by the Biden one, there was no possibility for other countries, such as Italy, to remain“. The Belpaese therefore had its hands tied on what to do and no possibility of proceeding along other paths. The president, always through the note that is starting to circulate in these minutes, wanted to thank Italian soldiers, but also towards the diplomatic corps and towards all staff members. In short, a gesture forwarded to all those who played a central role in the twenty-year operation in Afghanistan. Thanks also came for the quality of the management of the “Italian presence in these twenty years and also this last dramatic phase“.

Then the speech was shifted to the West, which for Berlusconi “it would need expert and authoritative leadership, able to give a non-resigned response to what is happening “. According to the MEP’s thought, therefore, the bodies representing the West should not disengage themselves even now, when the situation is turning towards drama. The last part of Berlusconi’s reasoning is still dedicated to the moves that led to the tragic situation of these hours, however, in such a sudden way: “This premature withdrawal was a serious mistake”, he continued. But now we cannot stand still.

The founder of the center right in fact he argued that “doing nothing now would be even more serious”. And finally, came the gloss on the urgent needs from a geopolitical point of view: “NATO cannot allow Afghanistan to once again constitute a danger to the security of the region and the entire West, nor can it allow the laboriously acquired rights of the Afghan people in recent years to be canceled by fundamentalism and violence.“, concluded Berlusconi, who then invited everyone to become aware of the need to face a crisis that is upsetting the West.

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