Habu, was it in the strategic interest of the United States to withold support from the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975?

Maintenance of credible deterrence is a vital strategic interest, as is avoiding six years of demoralization and malais. Cutting and running and proving to be the weak horse will get more Americans killed than staying.

We’re getting more than just the rent on Osama’s cave for our trouble. His organization has been defeated in Mesopotamia. Allowing it to survive, regroup and rebuild sentences our younger brothers and sons to the same kind of rematch our Desert Storm forebears and brethren bequeathed to us. Finish it this time.