Blame Game!

Afghanistan is gone.  Or more accurately, Afghanistan has again been taken back by the Afghans.  It was never ours to lose, because it never belonged to us.  We had an illusion that by training their army and supporting a veneer of democracy they would see the world the way we wanted them to see it.

Wasn't going to happen.  The Russians couldn't make it happen.  The English couldn't make it happen.  For them and others, and now for us, we have been taught a basic lesson - we can't make the world over in our image.

So what can we do?  Blame someone.  Biden can blame Trump.  Trump can blame Biden.  They both can blame those that came before.  The supreme irony is that now, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Taliban flag will fly over the capitol in Kabul, the same Taliban flag that flew over Kabul when Al Qaeda was sheltering in Afghanistan while planning their attack on us.

What is happening is sad, tragic for many.  Whose fault is it?  Who should we blame?  Choose one, there are many candidates.  Welcome to the Blame Game!