Those who ignore are bound to repeat its mistakes. The key to success is learning from on mistakes. It seems our political class and its bureaucracy minions belief they can do no wrong. As historian wander if only Great Britain had stood up to Hitler in 1939 so will historians with Nader if only the US had kept Bagram Airbase until all the IS Citizen and Afghanistan allies were evacuated,But we will never know.
it's as obvious as the nose on your face that The Pervert In Chief stuffed it up, costing many lives. The most amateurish military person would know that in such a situation as the complete capitulation to a superior enemy force, Civilians MUST be evacuated before the military!