So it has come full circle. What started as an operation to eradicate al-Qaeda has ended two decades later with the return of its Afghan enablers to power. Rarely have so many lives and so much cash been spent on so little. It would be nice to think that US politics will learn from this debacle — and both parties are complicit. But the story is far from over. America may have quit this “forever war”, but it will go on. There will be little time for post-mortems as we come to grips with the implications of a rebooted Taliban.
一切都回到了原点。最初意在歼灭基地组织(al-Qaeda)的作战行动，在20年后以庇护该组织的塔利班在阿富汗重新掌权而告终。在历史长河中，很少有付出这么多的生命代价、支出这么多的资金，却得到这么少结果的事例。认为美国政治将从这一失败吸取教训——两党都有过错——当然是积极的思维。但故事还远远没有结束。美国也许已经退出这场“没完没了的战争”，但战争会继续下去。我们将没有多少时间进行事后反思，而是要马上开始分析塔利班卷土重来的潜在影响。
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