Commentary Closing time Open all the doors and let you out into the world Closing time Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl Closing time One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer Closing time You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here Semisonic—’Closing Time’ (1998) When discussing the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, the “Closing Time” lyrics seem eerily appropriate. The 20-year, $2 trillion experiment is over. In Kabul, when closing time came, it came fast. The doors have been closed, and the Afghan people—all 39 million of them—have been left to fend for themselves. American troops are coming home, and that’s a good thing. But it didn’t have to end in such acrimony. The manner in which the withdrawal has been, and continues to be, executed deserves to be criticized. With the United States’ influence in Afghanistan fading, …
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