Raab’s negligence over Kabul is now clear. If he had any honour, he’d quit | Simon Tisdall
Official cables confirm that the former foreign secretary could have foreseen the chaos of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He didn’t resign then. But he should now
Dominic Raab is a clever man, but not perhaps a wise or especially honourable one. Chronic misjudgments over Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan necessitated his sacking as foreign secretary. Yet Boris Johnson, his Brexiter pal, immediately gave him another cabinet plum and made him deputy prime minister. For those he had failed, it was a contemptuous slap in the face.
Instead of clinging to office, Raab should have resigned from government. It’s not too late to do so. Official cables from Britain’s ambassador in Afghanistan, published last week, confirm that Raab, if he had been fully paying attention, could have foreseen and more effectively managed the consequences of the rapid Afghan government collapse and the fall of Kabul on 15 August.
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