I agree that it is sad and a little maddening. I even posted as much up thread that the blood and sweat of countless lives along with a massive amount of resources that were expended over the last twenty years went up in smoke in a matter of a few weeks which basically put us back to square one with the taliban in power.I don't disagree with this at all! There may(?) have been a better way, but weighing all of the options I don't know.
The issue is what did we know and what were our estimates, and what were those estimates based upon? Somebody screwed up seriously somewhere between the PFC's on the ground and POTUS. Maybe many screwups, maybe a few. I don't know.
All I know is that it took the Nazi's longer to conquer France than it is the Taliban to take Afghanistan, and that's just sad...
Regards,
Doug