If they won’t defend themselves who should?
This is no longer about Afghans defending themselves. We are now into Nam II. Democrats cannot afford the slaughter of US personnel on their hands and that’s exactly what’s going to happen. With 3,000 flying in first now and another 3,500 (2 battalions worth) slo Joe is going to get more of our personnel killed.
If the Taliban get within 5 miles of the airport, they can essentially shut it down with ground to air shoulder fired missiles. As LBJ found out in 65’ it took a lot of marines to protect Da Nang. You just can’t protect the base, you have to conduct operations 10-15 miles outside the perimeter.
They had 20 years to fix this. Embrace the suck, Afghanistan!