Biden didn't lose the war in Afghanistan.
Bush did. October 7, 2001 he lost the day he sent troops in. So did Obama and Trump.
No country has ever "won" in Afghanistan.
Over the years, the public was told about all the progress, how close winning was. Different strategies would work.
Billions of dollars disappeared. Corruption continued.
Army lives were lost. Afghanistan lives were lost.
Women did make some progress, but at the same time there are enough stories about how some families had to sell their daughters after their livelihoods were wiped with destroyed poppy fields. Not the way to wins hearts and minds.
Friendships were not built when American soldiers burst into a home killing locals.
The United States does not know how to convert a hostile government to a friendly one along with its people.
They failed in Vietnam in the same way.
Young Americans were convinced to "save their country from (fill in the blank)." They fought bravely, came home if they were lucky. Those who died, died for another lie, like they died for a lie in Vietnam.
The companies that sold weapons and bombs, made a fortune.
People waved the flag and thanked the soldiers for their service.
No one talked about public manipulation.
Will there be another Vietnam? Afghanistan? Iraq?
Of course there will because the powers that be will manipulate young men and now women into "saving" their country from whatever. The only was to stop it is for those young men and women to see through the lies that will kill them instead of bravely sacrificing themselves for nothing.
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