>>If it were truly an existential threat the US would remove the Taliban very quickly (that doesn't imply a safe orderly society would result). With what, nuke

>>If it were truly an existential threat the US would remove the Taliban very quickly (that doesn't imply a safe orderly society would result). With what, nukes? Or by sending 5 million soldiers using $400/gallon gasoline https://www.cbsnews.com/news/real-cost-of-gas-at-afghan-bases-400-gal/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/real-cost-of-gas-at-afghan-base... ? Like them or not, the Taliban are in their country and quite a few Afghani think like them. Let them be, with a major caveat--do not let anyone there attack us or our partners. I think they are rational enough to do that since USA did cause them a lot of problems. They are so many problems in the world, USA cannot fix them. Not even make a dent.