re: Does anyone ever think about how completely pointless the post 9-11 wars were?

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Afghanistan was worth it

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It clearly wasn't. Should've just routed the Taliban and left

Instead we stayed for 20 years, blew a couple trillion dollars, and the Taliban are as strong as ever.

And I mean no disrespect to anybody who served there, my brother did 3 tours in Afghanistan and I know it was brutal. The whole "nation building" shite never works though, our leaders know it doesn't work, but it's a phenomenal money laundering opportunity.