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After nearly 20 years, it is officially the end of the Afghan war as declared by the United States.

I don't think it's fair to say that the war is officially over in a certain sense

because there's still going to be very serious conflict between warring factions.

There are still Americans being left behind.

Many people are criticizing Joe Biden because he promised this wouldn't be the case.

And now they're saying it will be the case. There's a lot to discuss there.

And I do think we're dealing with some very serious problems and obviously a very serious crisis.

But I'm not convinced, you know, it's fair to say that the US has finally ended the war so much

as they just abruptly left mid evacuation because the Taliban has overrun the Kabul airport

and they can no longer maintain the position.

So sure, the war is over, a resounding defeat that will lead to chaos.

And I'll tell you, when you see these videos, Taliban flying helicopters, walking through the airports,

do you think they will be able to maintain that infrastructure and that economy? No.

I think Afghanistan is going to start to look like Syria really soon.

But far from me to actually be an expert, I mean to act like I'm an expert on this,

we are but humble internet people complaining about things and we've not been over there.

So we definitely, you know, we've had some veterans in the past, but we'll talk about the best of our abilities

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