Let this sink in: the Taliban, a ragtag of militant Islam extremists, conquered the entire nation of Afghanistan in 11 days. Their stunning and speedy conquest has coincided with the United States’ equally stunning but way more humiliating and chaotic retreat.
I do not want to debate the merit of America’s two decades of military engagement in Afghanist…
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