To be honest, I’m not sure why we should feel sorry for the Afghan people wanting to get out. Their army and government didn’t want to fight for their Republic. Now they’ve got an oppressive regime in place… seems like Americans would tell them to get their guns and fight back. America should absolutely support that kind of revolution, but we shouldn’t be needed to spearhead it.
As America has shown the world repeatedly, if you want freedom, at some point you have to fight for it yourselves, not hope someone comes to bail you out completely. At least when the French showed up, we had already basically won the war…