How many times have we heard that the United States cannot abandon Afghanistan to the mercy of armed militias and thugs like we did in 1989?

So, why, pray tell, are we doing it?

Bluntly put: we never learn. Some 25 years from now, when my own children might be settling down for Christmas dinner with families of their own, it’ll be no surprise when the White House insists we must intervene in Afghanistan to save it from itself, again.

The question is, when will we endeavor to save us, from ourselves?