Leaving Afghanistan

        Well, it's all but over. We will finally be leaving Afghanistan, but it is just another one of those wars where we leave the country broken. As I write this account ISIS is running through the country destroying everything in their path. We will hang around and protect whatever we can, relying on the Afghani Army to protect what they can. But they won't last long. I'm not saying that we won't launch a few missiles, drones and artillery, but it will have little effect, and ISIS  will continue. 

        This has come at a heavy expense. The BBC estimates about 3500 coalition soldiers have been killed, 2312 of whom have been Americans, and Afghani Security deaths are estimated at 69000. $530 billion has been spent in the process.

        What is probably the worst of this is that many knowledgeable voices, voices who understood the peril into which we were sending our troops, were shut down by these words. "You don't support the troops!" I guess Republicans believe that supporting the troops means putting our men into costly and unwinnable wars. Thank a Republican for me.