People wonder whether we should feel dishonourable by abandoning Afghanistan.
I think we did the honourable thing by training them to look after themselves.
The fact that they have chosen not to do so is their choice, not our responsibility.
So I am afraid I feel less bad for the Afghans collectively than I might do. They were served a decent version of their country by the US and its allies on a plate. It looks like they took the plate and sold it. So how is it our problem they are plateless?
Individually, of course, there are doubtless exceptions.
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