Thread by @willchamberlain

It turns out the case for staying in Afghanistan was “we conducted this war so incompetently that despite having been in the country for twenty years, our leaving will lead to complete collapse and billions in American war material falling into the hands of the Taliban.”

Oddly enough DOD and State couldn’t admit to that

The closest analogue I can think of is Chernobyl

“Hey sorry yeah we screwed up BIG time but we really do need to stay for a bit to plug up the radiation leaks as much as possible.”

The problem with this line of argument is that it we would be relying on the same people who screwed everything up to perform triage

Also - if we stay 2 more years do we avoid this outcome?

Five more years?

Ten more years?

I think not