We invaded Afghanistan to get Osama bin Laden. Once we killed him in Pakistan there was no obvious reason to stay in Afghanistan.
The Taliban could not have survived for twenty years against our military without considerable popular support among the Afghans. As one who remembers the War in Vietnam, I remember the folly of pretending to defend democracy against a military force that would win an election by a landslide.
I am glad our war in Afghanistan is over. There is no elegant way to end a war one has lost.
The Taliban could not have survived for twenty years against our military without considerable popular support among the Afghans. As one who remembers the War in Vietnam, I remember the folly of pretending to defend democracy against a military force that would win an election by a landslide.
I am glad our war in Afghanistan is over. There is no elegant way to end a war one has lost.