I read in one of the many essays about this situation that after 9/11 the US should have (1) routed the Taliban and (2) taken down Osama Bin Laden, and that was it. No nation building. But we stayed and tried to help the Afghans with nation building. And as soon as we pulled out ( happening now) the government collapsed. So much for our efforts.
One of the frightening things about this situation is that it seems to have history repeating itself.
Some Facebook friend posted this meme the other day, and it really hit me:
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