President Biden’s shoddy withdrawal from Afghanistan has irrevocably sullied America’s reputation. Even opponents of continued occupation have been horrified at the indefensible manner in which this extraction was done.
But it’s also worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons we can glean from this unceremonious end to America’s longest-ever war: To wit, America must put aside the hopeless project of nation-building once and for all.
