The idea that the Taliban could have been defeated entirely became a pipe dream in 2003 when the US got side tracked in Iraq however, I do think that up until 2008, there was still a possibility for a "two state solution" with the Islamic State of Afghanistan ruling in the North while the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan rules in the South. But after that point the Taliban dominance of Afghanistan wasn't a matter of "if" but "when" and after we got Bin Laden, we should have just withdrawn and the same thing would have happened.
While everyone's blaming Biden for the Afghanistan fiasco, do you think what happened was inevitable and if so by which time?
The idea that the Taliban could have been defeated entirely became a pipe dream in 2003 when the US got side tracked in Iraq however, I do think that up until 2008, there was still a possibility for a "two state solution" with the Islamic State of Afghanistan ruling in the North while the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan rules in the South. But after that point the Taliban dominance of Afghanistan wasn't a matter of "if" but "when" and after we got Bin Laden, we should have just withdrawn and the same thing would have happened.