OPINION:
As American military retreated from Afghanistan, it took less than 10 days for the Taliban to take it over. The U.S. occupied that country for 20 years, trying to teach the Afghans self-reliance. We spent over $2 trillion and lost thousands of soldiers to death and injury. Billions of other dollars in planes, helicopters, guns, drones and addditional killing machines were left for the Taliban to use against our military and our country.
This was a botch-up of epic proportions conducted by Washington and its generals. Are these people going to be allowed to continue their massive mismanagement? Or should we just accept the fact we have a new sheriff in town — and his name is Barney Fife?
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MARYANN JASK
Fairfax Station, Va.
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