Soldiers aren’t owed a victory, Donuel, so President Biden did not “betray” the veterans of Afghanistan. As citizens, however, the veterans have a right to resent the nation-state that exposed them to so much danger and unpleasantness in a futile and often meretricious cause, and flat-out wasted their precious time.

And yes, your memory is spot on: both Presidents Bush f***ed over the Kurds and didn’t even kiss them first.