Since WWII, the West has been winning wars at times, but almost all of the time, losing the peace. Afghanistan is just a another example. Not only we haven’t won the peace in Afghanistan, but now we have strengthened and embolden the Taliban with modern military equipment given to the Afghan military and government for the last 20 years, along with 300,000 trained military personnel. Talk about Christmas coming early this year for the Taliban. The west also need to learn and understand that we cannot impose our western values on others no matter how well intentioned they may be. We cannot change their way of life of hundreds of years of practice with 20 years of western values. There are many sad cases around the world, so rather than spending billions on fighting losing wars, let’s spend a fraction of that money to help those to help themselves to be able to feed themselves. Yes I know, that would do nothing for the military industrial complexes and the bottom line in making profit.