Does anyome changed their mind about the Afghan War?

I asked because it was widely supported at the time of the invasion.

Have you changed your mind on this? If so, why? Do you think it could ever have worked out and what do you think would have been a good outcome? Do you feel you were lied to?

Please keep the Trump vrs Biden stuff off the thread because it's not relevent to my question. Thanks.

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JesseInTX · 51-55, M

I thoroughly supported the war and it was the right thing to do. What I don’t understand is why pulling out is needed. The fact is the war had been won long ago. We’ve kept 80,000 troops in Japan and 60,000 in after WWII and 30,000 in S. Korea since the Korean War. Why the need to get 4,000 out of Afghanistan who’s presence kept the taliban at bay and the nation secure?

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@JesseInTX Your last statement proves that the war was never won and anyone who knows anything about Afghanistan knows that will not change in 80 more years. Also those nations the US occupies don't really appreciate it either.

It was a pointless invasion with no plan, not even an idea of what winning even looks like. Just a pointless meat grinder. And there was nothing to keep secure. In 20 years the US sock puppet government didn't even control 50% of the country. It was a bunch or city states surrounded on all sides with hostile territory. They were never even the majority stakeholder in the country. It was a government manufactured by the US like every colonial government in history claiming to speak for the entire nation..which in Afghanistan is a fuzzy concept to begin with. But I am sure the government in exile will live in luxury in the west on someone else's dime like every government in exile.

JesseInTX · 51-55, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow so I guess by your first sentence WWII and Korea were lost as well and pointless.

Objective of the war- dismantle al qaeda, capture or kill the leaders including OBL, remove the taliban who gave them safe haven from power. All objectives met and that equals victory.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@JesseInTX Lol. No. But those are not even remotely the same thing. The fact you compare them shows you don't know shit.

Lol. And they Taliban took less than 2 weeks to blow it up in your face. That is failure, not victory. And anyone who thought that would even happen is an idiot or gullible.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@JesseInTX And if those are your personal metrics for victory explain the last 10 years. Should be fun to hear the response.

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