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To: stsimon who wrote (177346)8/27/2021 9:05:10 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217484
 
Re << The U.S. adventure in Afghanistan was a fool's errand >>

Maybe.

Alternative view can easily be that ‘they’ had planned on it all along, and were gifted with a dumb excuse, and ran with it, for 20 years. Meaning whilst ‘they’ did something stupid for 20 years, but were no fools. The tax-serf electorates were the fools.