The so-called Afghan government had twenty years—TWENTY YEARS!—to consolidate their power and prepare for the US leaving. The so-called Afghan army is collapsing before the US even leaves.
This tells us that, as with Vietnam, putting a corrupt clique with little support among the population in charge is not the answer, even if the ascendant power is as undesirable as Ho Chi Minh and the Taliban were/are.
The so-called Afghan government had twenty years—TWENTY YEARS!—to consolidate their power and prepare for the US leaving. The so-called Afghan army is collapsing before the US even leaves.
This tells us that, as with Vietnam, putting a corrupt clique with little support among the population in charge is not the answer, even if the ascendant power is as undesirable as Ho Chi Minh and the Taliban were/are.