With Americans Stranded in Afghanistan, the Military Changes Focus and Shows Why We Keep Losing...

CWO4 Terrence Clark As far as the "stranded Americans"... it's my understanding they chose to remain for various reasons. The State Dept. has committed to working with them when they are ready to leave.

Regarding the article... I take issue with quite a bit of it... however I will post just one;

..."All of this folds into what I believe is the greater issue regarding our armed forces. People like Lloyd Austin and Kathleen Hicks don’t see fighting men and women as assets to win wars with. Rather, they see them as subjects to be socially experimented on. The military ostensibly exists to break things and punish our enemies, but in reality, it exists to make left-wing ideologues feel really good about themselves."...

I hardly believe our soldiers are seen ..."as subjects to be socially experimented on."... .

A great article and a sad day to see what our defense leadership has come to.
The rank & file, as always, will do their jobs in a stellar manner, while those in the upper echelon seem more concerned about keeping their jobs than protecting the nation.
Blackjack Pershing, Chesty Puller, where are you when we need you?

Guess that depends on what you are appointed to do. Afghanistan is a permanent stain on everyone, past and present, that were in a senior leadership position. Twenty years and getting thrown out is disgraceful. The likes of which hasn’t been seen since Saigon.