U.S. Soldiers and contractors load High Mobility Multi-purposed Wheeled Vehicles, HUMVs, to be sent for transport in support of the Resolute Support retrograde mission in Afghanistan on July 13, 2020. US Army Photo
American expectations of what could be achieved in Afghanistan – like establishing a democracy by defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban – were too high, while the U.S.’s early focus on revenge and justice following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the homeland, two national...
https://news.usni.org/2021/07/08/panel-u-s-began-afghanistan-war-with-unrealistic-expectations