Nearly 20 years ago, Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D) stood alone among her colleagues and voted against going to war in Afghanistan — she was the only member of the House and Senate to do so.
Now with the chaotic scene unfolding following the Taliban takeover, and as the U.S. attempts to evacuate its citizens and Afghans who've helped us, it's apparent that Lee was right.
We should have never gone to war so quickly there in the first place. The reaction to Lee's vote in 2001 was furious, reflecting the strong emotions of the day, as the Washington Post reported this week in a column looking back at the era.
The Wall Street Journal called her a "clueless liberal" and asked if she was anti-American. The Washington Times called her "a