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Originally Posted by Adder
An important lesson in clearly defining the mission from the start and how easy it is for interests that benefit from mission creep to make it happen.
Did anyone honestly believe we could fix Afghanistan when we went in? If so, those people should be anywhere near decisions.
But you see how it happens in the press coverage of how the current situation might be bad for Biden and the Dems. We are finally engaged with reality and making hard choices. You might even call that leadership (and yes, the former guy was there, sorta, too).
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I do not recall anyone here saying we should not have gone in, and to me that is still a no-brainer. But in retrospect we supported guerrillas, not really people bound to govern. Still I think early on there was a sense that they could defend themselves eventually. And the hell the women experienced there then, and are again, is a hard thing not to try to change.
