re: Should we have left our military in Afghanistan? Yes or no?

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We should've pulled out, but obviously with a much better plan. The taliban taking over was probably inevitable, but it's really not our job to continue spending trillions on occupying a useless territory.

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The rush of civilians to the airport yesterday kinda showed that the average person on the ground around Kabul did not expect the city to fall so quickly. Unless you expect the military to go round up Americans in Kabul and forcefully remove them, not sure what they could have done there exactly.

Think of it as a hurricane evacuation. Those who end up on their roofs had a chance to get out sooner, but waited until it was too late.