When Kabul falls, America is in danger again

BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR —08/13/21 10:00 AM EDT933THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL16Share to FacebookShare to Twitter

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As Baghdad was falling to the forces of the United States and its coalition partners in March 1991, Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, better known to Americans as “Baghdad Bob,” was offering an entirely different account of the events taking place on his doorstep. Among his…