Critics of President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and/or President Bush's decision to invade in the first place have been quoting the "graveyard of empires" description of that country. I may have even done so in some previous posts. But there is a very good piece in Politico this week entitled The Old Cliché About Afghanistan That Won’t Die that gives a different perspective. It is well worth reading.
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