Are you still drinking the Kool aid? Officers tend to have an existential crisis whenever their missions don't work out. Afghanistan has rotten substrate - wi

Are you still drinking the Kool aid? Officers tend to have an existential crisis whenever their missions don't work out. Afghanistan has rotten substrate - with all of its absurd "green on blue" attacks, the panicky morale of its military, the corruption and kickbacks, its lack of education and religious fundamentalism, it's misogyny and pederasty, and it's general incompetence. They are hopeless but we couldn't let go. We had 20 years of Afghanistan showing its worth - and it was not $2T. Look at Ukraine and how effective their citizenry is when they are given NATO training and equipment. When Russia invaded did you see Ukrainian men fleeing and falling off of airplane landing gear? Ukraine is worth $2T and 20 years.