David Brooks: Afghanistan and the American identity crisis

If we’re going to fight Trumpian authoritarianism at home, we have to fight the more venomous brands of authoritarianism that thrive around the world.

(Jim Huylebroek | The New York Times) An American soldier on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter flying over Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, on May 2, 2021. "On the left, many now reject the idea that America can be or is a global champion of democracy," writes New York Times columnist David Brooks. "On the right the wall-building caucus has given up on the idea that the rest of the world is even worth engaging."

David Brooks: Afghanistan and the American identity crisis

If we’re going to fight Trumpian authoritarianism at home, we have to fight the more venomous brands of authoritarianism that thrive around the world.

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