This is very interesting.

Strange how the CIA abruptly becomes the dumbest & most ineffectual organization on Earth the moment a politician wants to withdraw from an endless war. It's almost like they wanna retaliate against politicians who marginally diminish their power.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/how-afghanistan-fell-to-the-taliban-so-quickly.html

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

Empires don't prepare countries to stand on their own. You keep them dependent on the empire. So it was always going to fall when the US left.

Also in 20 years the US only ever carved out a bunch of city states across the country. They never even controlled the majority of the country. So all these pockets were surrounded by hostile territory which is why it fell so quickly.