senile old man manipulated by powerful interests to commit this folly of follies.
No of course not. Note the role played by Pakistan and America's relation to Pakistan.
Watch this great clip:
Most of the Taliban soldiers are from Pakistan and the first places they captured were border posts between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan is now working together with China and it is high time the USA withdrew any grant to Pakistan that will inevitably lead to a war between India and the Pakistan-China alliance.
They would not have started that if the USA had any credibility left - but now it is clear there is none,