I understand all the rah rah for abandoning Afghanistan as a "nation-building" failure, but I don't think that was ever the best reason for being there. The best reason for being there was forward basing. An ancillary good reason was live-fire training exercises. The military can't sit home training for the last war. They have to have sk…
I understand all the rah rah for abandoning Afghanistan as a "nation-building" failure, but I don't think that was ever the best reason for being there. The best reason for being there was forward basing. An ancillary good reason was live-fire training exercises. The military can't sit home training for the last war. They have to have skills for the physical part of the next war, which is more likely than not going to be with China.
I understand all the rah rah for abandoning Afghanistan as a "nation-building" failure, but I don't think that was ever the best reason for being there. The best reason for being there was forward basing. An ancillary good reason was live-fire training exercises. The military can't sit home training for the last war. They have to have skills for the physical part of the next war, which is more likely than not going to be with China.