Seeking Alpha by Adding Beta

History repeats. No wonder last week's events are being referred as "The Fall of Kabul" (similar to The Fall of Saigon in 1975). 100 years back British learned their lessons giving Afghans independence in 1919. Russians learned their lessons in 80's and now it was turn of another superpower to learn same lesson - 20 years, $2 trillion and thousands of American and Afghan lives lost. And it feels like back to square one. Taliban controls more territory and is more powerful than ever thanks to all the military gear Americans are leaving behind. It was a mistake by all 4 presidents to stay beyond initial few years. So I do agree with President Biden that another 10-20 years would not have changed anything so let's get out.  Biden did not change Trump deal with Taliban (even though he did reverse almost all other Trump policies). The issue was execution of exit despite planning for last few years. Biden had 8 months to plan this properly and have well executed exit fo