Afghanistan and Vietnam are reflections of the political war that the US is fighting with itself.
War represents political opportunity. Being for a war will help politicians get elected; being against a war will help politicians get elected. Some politicians play both ends, and that assures them that they will stay politically viable for longer.
Joe Biden voted for the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan
Hillary Clinton voted for the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan
We too often reference politicians who were for something before they were against it as just politicians talking from both sides of their mouths. Instead, we should count the casualties between the "for" and "against". As sad as counting the American casualties we need to also count the rest. Millions died in Southeast Asia and likely millions more in Iraq and Afghanistan between the "for" and "against".
Before we again think about regime change elsewhere we need to make a regime change here.
