I too talk to Vets with Iraq and Afghan experience. They do complain about many of the controls on operations, but they mostly do not want to give up the honor of our fallen to a surrender to the Taliban. It is the controls on our operations that hamstring our troops a lot - making them unable to make always make the fight they are capable of. Many of those problems began under Obama and the DOJ has not quit many of them under Trump. And frustration with that is understandable. They also have issues with our inability to absolutely vet Afghans that work with us, with too many “friendly fire” incidents from Afghans who switched loyalties. But those frustration do not universally produce a demand from all our troops that we quit and leave our fallen unrewarded for their sacrifice.
“But those frustration do not universally produce a demand from all our troops that we quit and leave our fallen unrewarded for their sacrifice.”
It may not be universal, but it’s an overwhelming majority.
And you know that.
It’s not surrendering to the Taliban.
It’s far more complicated than that.
We still have the option of blowing them up if they get stronger and present good targets