No doubt, but I'd rather save their talents and lives for missions other than cleaning up after the worst single act of US strategic incompetence of the 21st ce

No doubt, but I'd rather save their talents and lives for missions other than cleaning up after the worst single act of US strategic incompetence of the 21st century. I don't know who's responsible for what, but this wasn't 9/11. It seems like there was plenty of information lying around as to the sorry state of the Afghan military/leadership. The fact that that information failed to make it to the decision makers, or that they chose to ignore it, shows that those in charge did not implement appropriate organizational systems at best and were personally incompetent at worst