But speculating about how quickly the current Afghan government will fall, or whether the United States will re-engage with air power to slow down the Taliban advance, is not as important as is the imperative to understand how we got to this point. The unfolding drama in Afghanistan marks the end of two decades of U.S. strategy and policy there. We must take stock of this twenty-year-long war and ask why so much of our blood and treasure expended there has led us to the abject strategic failure we are witnessing today.
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