[Lurker]

Leaving now hands the whole place back to the Taliban,

That would depend what we do as we're leaving. Now if we're nuking and nerve gassing the entire stretch of Pak/Afghan border until nothing's left twitching then I'm fine with it.

L

[Olog-hai]

Fair question. I would say that the precedent was set in Iraq; it’d be great to be wrong about that . . .