The national security establishment has never cared about Afghanistan

The mission there consistently played second fiddle to beefs with Iran, Russia, China, and Iraq

After a rough couple of days, the evacuation of personnel from the Kabul Airport seems to be going a bit more smoothly, and the media’s obsession with trying to punish Joe Biden for defying the national security establishment and ending a hopeless and pointless war should fade away.

The damage to his approval rating will be already done, however, and a …