Those old enough to remember the Vietnam War will see similarities with the current US 'drawdown' in Afghanistan. In Vietnam the US were all positive talk and spin leading up to the end, until we saw the last helicopter leaving the US Embassy in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and film of the US Navy pushing helicopters into the sea from the decks of aircraft carriers, to make way for more helicopters arriving with people evacuating.
Does anyone think the Afghan government will last more than a year? The President of Afghanistan is basically only the mayor of Kabul. The Afghan military will readily don whatever uniform they're paid to wear. Those areas the Taliban are seizing, in reality it is just the areas putting up new flags as they switch allegiance.
The US lost another war. Face the facts.
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