I think Tucker is failing to see something that many of us here see. We won this war. Last year when Trump was in office there were only 2500 American troops there. The Taliban controlled no where. And yes there was some prosperity returning and people were dancing in the streets and little girls and little boys going to school together. We were not actively in war then.
Lindsay should come on the show and bravely and accurately and honestly say that Trump had done his job and coalesced what was a war into a victory. He should stand up and be proud of what we had accomplished there. I’m not talking about the decision to stay there 10 years ago I’m talking about the fact that we did win this war and we did change the complexion of the population. A generation of young people have lived in a atmosphere of freedom. Now that freedom has been removed from them.
Trump's (and my) position was that it was inappropriate for the USA to fight other cultures civil wars, and attempt "nation building" based on our culture vs theirs, Trump had developed a careful and well planned exit, which the left wing, led by demented President Biden deliberately abandoned and replaced with the fiasco that entailed.
In other words, we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Americans weren't fighting because of the agreement the Trump Administration had with the Taliban; the Taliban wouldn't shoot because we made it clear we were leaving.
I think there's a lot of room for discussion about whether or not that could be described as a "victory". (There was never a guarantee that the "dancing in the streets" you describe was going to be around for a long time.)