Tom Tugendhat, NewStatesman:

In what has to rank as the worst foreign policy failure since the Suez crisis of 1956, the UK has found itself unable to act fast enough, or separately from a US President who saw the totemic anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as more important than the success of the mission.

Allies around the world are questioning what a deal with the US means, and what the real cost of an American alliance is. Will a future president copy this one and leave without warning? Will an alliance raise your profile enough to make you a target, but fail to secure the enduring commitment needed to make it worthwhile?

Like the Suez fiasco, the crisis in Afghanistan is going to change our foreign policy completely. For the UK, our options cannot solely be determined by the White House. We need to deepen our other alliances and, over the coming years, we need to think about what that means.

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