We Told You So, Back in 2003.

The American soldiers are just beginning to see, no matter how powerful the weaponry and how deep the taxpayer pockets supporting them, this land was not our land and now is reverting to foreign forces.

I wonder if futility ever makes a soldier cry.

“It’s difficult to not feel a sense of meaninglessness. The feeling was already there regarding Iraq. My area of operations in Iraq is under ISIS control and now Kunduz via the Taliban. You wonder what all that effort and sacrifice was for.”

He paused, and then continued writing. “I always hated the GWOT/Vietnam comparison in the past,” he said, referring to the Pentagon’s official shorthand for the global war on terrorism. “But, now I can’t help but draw parallels. I wonder if this is the same feelings Vietnam vets felt watching as the South collapsed.”

Let's learn a lesson:
no more Bushes,
no more wars.

Defensive actions only, where the U.S. national security interests are at risk.

It's a time for reason, time to tell the big biceps, "You've had your time. It's... over."