the 20 year Afgan war will end before 9.11

If it were not for a pandemic that has killed over 500k people in our country, an insurrection, mass shootings, school shootings, cops killing innocent black people, cops stealing and newspapers going under, more attention might have been given to President Biden's decision to withdrawal the remaining troops from Afghanistan. Over 2400 hundred service members have died in the name of justice for the 9/11 attacks which killed over 3k people. Not to mention the thousands of wounded both physically and mentally who will hopefully be the last generation to face war. 

The estimated 2 trillion dollars spent on this war perhaps kept the military complex well fed and the jobs helped those in the industry, but most American's didn't have any skin in the game, there was no draft, and hardly any opposition to the war when it first started.  

The parallels to the Vietnam are striking. In both, we tried to inject ourselves in places we weren't invited, tried to through money at propping up governments that could not survive on their own. It remains to be seen what will happen when we pull out and stop funding the Afghan army. But I am glad to see the end of this war in my lifetime. I hope there will be some recognition by this City and State for those who come home after Sept 11th 2021.