People have to get out of the mindset that this is a war like WWII. It is not and is far more complex than just wiping people out. Essentially we are facing a worldwide religious movement in search of a base from which to attack the US. That is why we are in Afghanistan, to deny them a base.
Your desire to leave ignores the ramifications on other nations such as Pakistan which, should it be taken over by Islamists, would be devastating to our foreign policy interests.
Getting serious does not mean knee jerk reactions.
Afghanistan is lost. Turkey is reverting and leaving it’s former secular govt. for an Iranian type theocracy.
I’ll eat my hat if Egypt sets up anything that resembles a democratic secular government.
People have to get out of the mindset they we can convert religious fanatics.
A knee jerk reaction is thinking we’ll win Afghanistan if we stay long enough.