Oh, yes. The 9/11 patriotism rhetoric to persuade people to go to war and blindly follow the Energy President. Well, if you think my views sound like a recruitment, you better get scared. There are millions across the world who defend similar views.
So, you looked up the pipeline to see we did leave infrastructure on the ground, and believe Afghanistan is better off after 40 years of war because they have a pipeline running through their country that will make some of them wealthy.
We have different viewpoints about the world and lives. If a foreign country started bombing the US to kill the Proud Boys or any angry group of men because of terrorism and then said, here's some money, I don't think Americans would like that very much. If fighting Islamic terrorists makes you feel safe, I'm not going to take that from you, but fighting Islamic terrorists make me feel less safe.