Lee Smith: Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal Culmination of 20 Years of Corruption, Failed Leadership

Afghanistan was a "20-year-lesson in how corrupt our leadership has become," says journalist and Epoch Times columnist Lee Smith. In 2011, he authored "The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations."

"Did the United States go to [Afghanistan to] impose gender studies throughout Central Asia? Or did it go to give gender studies professors a job?" Smith asks.

Smith breaks down why he believes the U.S. mission in Afghanistan spiraled into "an enormous offshore laundering operation." And now, "the counterterrorism mission has been turned on American citizens," he says.