Charles- A lot of people would agree with your opinion re our involvement in Afghanistan, similar to the objections voiced to our Vietnam experience that I chronicled in my historical narrative, RECALL. But understand the pretext- “The War on Terror.” – The objective- to prevent a training ground for further attacks on the homeland like 9/11. Others would argue that we should have left in 2011 after taking out Osama Bin Laden and neutralizing the AQ/ ISIS threat in Afghanistan. Others would make a case for a permanent QRF at Bagram, a strategic base in Central Asia between Iran and China. We still have troops in Germany, Japah, and South Korea as president. But no one can deny the ideological war on terrorism is far from over, the purpose of my blog.