I’m slipping today. The full name of the author is Jonathan Swam/
We’ve been there 16 years.
What was our goal? If it was to defeat the Taliban, then we needed to cut of their money (Saudi) and close their training schools (Pakistan).
Anything less than that wouldn’t suffice; they’d come back like weeds
as soon as we left.
And we still haven’t pulled them up by the roots.