this was in the atlantic, he writes unlike his three media predecessors in the oval office who came to see the futility of the afghan operation, biden alone had the political courage to fully end america s involvement. it s true that since 2014 when the u.s. draw down really began that the united states has largely at least many u.s. officials have known that this war was unwinnable. right? the washington post afghanistan papers have shown that many american officials knew this for quite a while, but actually breaking that was extremely tough. at the same time, i wouldn t say that it s necessarily completely over. we still retain what american officials talk about as over the horizon capabilities, and as somebody who s looked at the impact of air strikes in afghanistan extensively and american bombing there, we have seen the effects that it s had, and also the effects it hasn t had, right, for example, in eradicating groups like isis-k,