> US's goal there wasn't to win anything since there's nothing of value there

War is only a tool, dominating a country or region militarily is not the same as winning a war if you have not achieved its political goals. In Afghanistan, those goals were not achieved, which means the war was lost.

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Loughla 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

What were the goals for Afghanistan?

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lukan 33 minutes ago | parent [-]

Destroying Al Quaida and their host, the Taliban. Al Quaida might be gone, but I believe Taliban are in power today and the US left in a not so glorious way after giving up fighting them.

	▲	freehorse 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Not just "giving up fighting them": when the US decided to leave, the taliban were in a stronger position than they were before the US invaded (eg they controlled a bigger part of the country and had much less opposition inside afghanistan). The war was already lost long before the US decided to leave.