Exiting Afghanistan

     I hate seeing the way we are leaving Afghanistan, but one thing is true. We need to leave. There is no more benefit in remaining. It's too dangerous a place to send our men and women, and there is little reason spend another American cent on a country who has never enjoyed peace.  Now with members of the Afghan army and police officers abandoning their posts, there is a terrible rush to leave; a rush to leave after spending millions and losing thousands of our men and women in uniform. And know that the schools we developed and the new culture elevating women's opportunities we helped create will vanish before the dust settles on an Afghan sunset. 

    We need to leave. There's little reason to stay anymore. We can't bring the lives lost back, and we can't un-spend the billions we've spent. But this won't be pretty. Many will die and who knows what punishment the Taliban will lay on those who helped us, and believed in our mission. We still need to leave.

    We do need to remember how we arrived in Afghanistan, why we arrived in Afghanistan, and who shoved us into this crazy war. 

    As always, thank a Republican for me.