The Afghanistan Debacle: How Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Bamboozled the American Public

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7. +1

I would add to that, hopefully without sounding ageist, too many politicians and appointed military and intel leaders are old enough to nostalgically remember post WWII American growth and wealth, while Europe was broken and shattered.

That's no longer the case. They need to get with the program of global cooperation, or get the fuck out of the way