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Stephen Colbert Calls U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan “The Right Thing” That “Feels So Wrong”

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On Monday’s episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ripped “the Band-Aid” off, dedicating his entire opening monologue to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and the United States’ withdrawal.“The U.S.

has been there for 20 years. We spent $2 trillion. We trained a 300,000-man strong Afghan army, and the Taliban took it over in 10 days,” the late-night host summarized. “The country is in complete chaos.

Yesterday, the streets of Kabul were jammed with cars, trying to get out of the city. People flooded the airports trying to get a plane out of the country.”Colbert then cut to a photograph of a military helicopter evacuating from Kabul, which has drawn comparisons to a photo of the U.S.

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