President Trump just had a press conference (4:30 ET) and he spoke from the heart. He explained the terrible human cost of the permanent wars on US servicemen and their families. The "green-on-blue" attacks when a US trainer is shot by an AFG trainee are horrible. President Trump explained the horrible injuries US servicemen obtain and have to deal with, and how the doctors at Walter Reed do an amazing job trying to put them back to near normal.
But this was the first time that I can recall when President Trump left a press conference that he got applause. That was an accomplishment.
Normally the MSM says something like this, "Trump goes off the rails":
President Trump's press conference goes off the rails - CNN Video
The United States abandonment of Afghanistan after the Soviet Union left in 1989 led to the events of September 11, 2001 when 3,000 U.S. civilians were murdered by terrorist trained and supported from Afghanistan between 8:45 AM and 10:50 AM. That's right, 3,000 U.S. civilians murdered in under two hours. Had they struck the towers in the late afternoon just before the end of the work day, 20,000 people could have been killed in less than two hours.
The United States is not choosing to be involved in "permanent wars". The United States and its security is under attack constantly. The more engaged the United States is overseas with defending itself, its interest, and helping maintain order, the less it will bleed on the battlefield and the less chance there is for incidents like the events of September 11, 2001 happening.
The injuries and death policemen and firemen suffer during their jobs are not because they choose to do their jobs, but because crime and the danger of fire or other types of disaster are a constant threat. The same can be said of the U.S. military defending the United States and its interest overseas from Rogue States or non-state terrorist forces. You don't prevent loss of life, or injury by pretending the problem does not exist. Failing to deal with Rogue States, non-state terrorist forces, criminal elements in your local community, or the building that is on fire two miles from where you live, is not the way to save lives and prevent injury. Such inaction makes the loss of life and injury more likely and far more severe.