We should welcome Afghan refugees
I am encouraged by the statement from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox identifying the correct position that the United States should welcome refugees from Afghanistan.
I hope that Gov. Lee will follow suit. Since President Trump and Secretary Pompeo entered into accords with the Taliban in February 2020, with the commitment to remove U.S. troops and legitimize the Taliban as the ruling party in Afghanistan, what we are seeing today was inevitable.
What was not inevitable was the reluctance on the part of elected officials to expand resettlement of Afghans and their families who helped the United States in its effort to rid that country of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups that posed a direct threat to the safety of the United States.
Tennessee should be a welcoming home to any Afghan who assisted the United States, as they have already shown more commitment to the values of freedom and democracy than many natural born Americans will ever do in their lifetimes.