that evaporated almost as soon as they knew we were living, which is an utter disappointment. But what else could we have done that would have created a better outcome? Staying for another week, month, year, decade? And we got a lot of people out, so..........
Your neighbor seems to be "Monday Morning Quarterbacking". Besides, it was Trump that negotiated the withdrawal over a year ago (which was actually even extended once by Biden) and released thousands of Taliban prisoners. Staying would have violated the agreement and lead to more hostilities. Is that what your neighbor wanted?
There was simply no good outcome. We would have done well to smash the Taliban, kill OBL, and and get out of there. However, W. Bush took his eyes off the ball and went after his real destination, which was Iraq, of course. We didn't get OBL and a large contingent of the Taliban escaped to cause problems later.
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