Opinion | I Was a Marine in Afghanistan. We Sacrificed Lives for a Lie. (Published 2021)
Those of us who fought this war must now wonder: How could we have given the best parts of our lives to such a lie?
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/opinion/afghanistan-war-veteran.html
But the speed of the Taliban’s advance makes clear that this outcome was always inevitable. The enemy had no reason to negotiate, and no reputation for restraint. The only question before President Biden was how many American soldiers should die before it happened. But if leaving now was the right decision for America, it is a catastrophe for the Afghan people whom we have betrayed.