Ken S. Tucker wrote:
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The US, Brits + more have had an armed presence in
Iraq (or around), since 1991, 18 years, in Afgh since
2001, 8 years. A lack of fortitude might be argued in
the way those conflicts were resolved.

The Arabs etc. remember the USA left Vietnam that choose
not to remember the Americans stayed longer than the
Iran-Iraq War.

Andrew Swallow