OUT OF THE CAULDRON – INTO THE FLAMES
America in Chaos From mid-August until mid-September 2021, the global news media has been feverishly publishing reports about US President Biden’s hasty extraction of American forces from war-torn Afghanistan. The world watched aghast as America abandoned the Afghan people. Even more astonishing was the speed with which the Taliban moved in, achieving total control of Afghanistan in a few weeks. The United States and its allies, including Australia scrambled to extricate th