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Chris, I think that Biden did what should have been done within the first five years of our incursion into Afghanistan. We failed to learn from the French and we failed to learn from the Russians. Now we have two examples that propelled us to this present state of conditions. Our foreign Policy has been out of control since Korea. The motivations that create winners and losers with nations are far deeper and more fervent than the interlopers attempting to modify a culture. I have spent years in Asia and the Middle East working at my craft. The interlopers motivation is to protect itself from perceived external risk. A nation's motivation is to preserve the culture of that nation's people whether it is routed in religion, a particular governance model or belief of some sort. A nation's will is far stronger and enduring than the interloper's. We have been the interloper. Biden will be blamed for 20 years of the failure of our government to govern its own nations to the benefit of its own people. This has been a profound failure and has resulted in a fully dis-functional governing body in this United States. This is not Biden's fault alone, but the nation's failure to demand accountability of its representatives. We the people have failed.

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