Here is a great comparison from Caitlin Johnstone:
The continued Afghanistan occupation is like if the police stormed a house, shot a bunch of people, realized they got the wrong house and they’d never find the guy they were looking for by staying there, stayed anyway, moved in, and then years later said they can’t move out because they heard a rumor that the neighbors are trying to make them leave.
In a sane world it would be the violent invasion and occupation of sovereign nations which elicits outrage and opposition from elected officials and intense skepticism and critical reporting from prominent journalists. In today’s propaganda-maddened society we get the exact opposite: the invasions and occupations are treated as the normal default position and any attempt to end them is regarded as outlandish.
You can read the rest @
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/seriously-get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan-e93c886d35c2
We're not going to leave. Trump can't get it done, and the next president(s) will not want to, either.
But honestly, why stay there? What's in it for us? Here are some possibilities:
https://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/why-is-the-united-states-really-in-afghanistan-2/
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