Oh boy. Vietnam again.
Looking for the VC, we carpet bombed the s^%$ out of S. Viet Nam…..BUT the S. Vietnamese sat there and endured it, because they knew they’d be free once we destroyed the Commies.
The instant we left, they took their own lives in their hands (and near certain death at sea)… they headed for the coast in the tens of thousands! They braved the open ocean in unseaworthy craft on anything that would float, to get out of their own country, because they knew the Communists were on the way and they knew what THAT meant!!
Think of it, the S. Vietnamese for 10 years, willingly sat still for the most devastating, destructive, deadly and terrifying bombing the world had ever seen…but hauled a$# out of their own country the instant they knew NOTHING stood between them and the Communists!
Are Afghanistan’s neighbors prepared for the flood of refugees that will crowd over their borders when we leave?
We’ll see.