As the Taliban marched triumphantly into Kabul, I watched from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, a tiny U.S. military base in East Africa. I have deployed around the world to fight terrorism during my Navy and Marine Corps career, but I have not served in Afghanistan. So, why does this feel worse than watching the Islamic State (ISIS) roll through Iraq in 2014 or witnessing al-Shabaab’s campaign of murder in Somalia?
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