No, it’s not the same. For one thing Trump is not McCain. And “the Taliban” isn’t one cohesive group, there’s multiple factions claiming the title.
The alternative is to leave Afghanistan without us exerting any influence over who controls the place. We don’t want another Afghan government letting the next Osama bin Laden set up camp there like last time.
I never thought going into Afghanistan and doing nation building in 2001. I thought at the time that all we should have done was to hunt Osama down like a mad dog and hang him from the Empire State building. But now people are actually thinking of dealing with these bastards? Tragic. I don’t want the U.S. to ever start another war like that. If we ever have to strike any other country in the future it has to be quick and deadly. Unfortunately we either have warmongers or ineptitude in our leadership. What we need is a Doctrine that spells out clearly what our goals are in future campaigns. Otherwise,forget it. There will be nothing but backbiting and our soldiers end up being the losers.