Rep. Wild Statement on Afghanistan

"My heart goes out to the Gold Star families who lost a loved one in Afghanistan over the past twenty years, and to the Afghan civilians who face an uncertain future under Taliban control. We owe it to them to do everything in our power to keep our promises to provide robust assistance, including refugee evacuations and visa support, especially to the thousands of Afghans who provided invaluable help to American forces for two decades. The chaos in Afghanistan is a tragedy, and I have serious concerns about the speed with which the government collapsed and the clear intelligence failures around the fall of Kabul. But let's be clear – the decades-long war could not continue, and it is long past time to wind down the U.S. footprint in Afghanistan. We cannot democratize the world using military might alone, nor can we pretend that American servicemembers should be sent into impossible situations with no exit strategy. I expect and look forward to continued updates from the Biden Administration about their strategy to aid Afghanistan in the coming days."