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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Friday, August 25th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

Sixteen years after 9-11 and the start of George W. Bush's War on Terror, the United States is still fighting in Afghanistan.

On Monday, in an address to the nation, President Trump

explained why he has changed his mind about withdrawing American troops from the country.

My original instinct was to pull out, and historically, I like following my instincts.

He goes on to define his policy as principled realism.

The stronger the Afghan security forces become, the less we will have to do.

Afghans will secure and build their own nation and define their own future.

We want them to succeed.

But we will no longer use American military might

to construct democracies in faraway lands

or try to rebuild other countries in our own image.

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