qaz123 where do you get 15 members of the US military have died in that country.?....my apologies, I forgot to add, that’s the number for 2019. Although I think that number just went up by 1, making it 16.
Everything else you’ve said is spot on. As for Afghanistan being a shithole. I can attest to that, I’ve been there.
At this point, we have two choices, IMHO...
Be the ‘Colonialist’ that we’ve been accused of and take what we want.
Pull out, take all our stuff with us, find out where all the Afghani’s have been hiding the money they’ve been stealing for years and take it back.
No need for any service member to get a sprained ankle, let alone die, in that God forsaken place.
Except that's not a choice anyone has the authority to make.