The "best" and "right" decision may not be final.

"With the final stream of US cargo planes soaring over the peaks of the Hindu Kush, President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to end America's longest war, one it could not win. But as the war ended with a chaotic, bloody evacuation that left stranded hundreds of US citizens and thousands of Afghans who aided the American war effort, the president kept notably out of sight. He left it to a senior military commander and his secretary of state to tell Americans about the final moments of a conflict that ended in resounding American defeat," AP. "United States President Joe Biden said withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan to end the 20-year war was the 'best' and the 'right' decision for America," Economic Times. "After more than USD 2 trillion spent in Afghanistan -- a cost that researchers at Brown University estimated would be over USD 300 million a day for 20 years in Afghanistan -- for two decades he said." "President Biden on Tuesday said the troop withdrawal from Kabul that left 13 US service members dead was an 'extraordinary success' and blamed Donald Trump and local soldiers for the mess in Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover," Mail Online. "US forces helping evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bombing outside Kabul airport killed at least 92 people including 13 US service members," Reuters. Local health officials claimed 170 people not counting US troops were killed in the bomb attack. In retaliation, "The US carried out what it called defensive air strike in Kabul, targeting a suspected ISIS-K who posed an imminent threat to the airport, US Central Command said," killing "Ten members of one family -- including seven children," CNN. A lesson on how to encourage more recruits to join ISIS-K. "Emails seen by Newsnight show that even though the US and UK deemed a threat to the airport to be imminent the British Embassy told people to 'use the Abbey Gate [near] to the Baron Hotel'," BBC. "The United States has no closer ally than the United Kingdom, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States," US Embassy in London. Allies in confusion, as it were. Donald Trump Jr wrote: "For perspective ...$85,000,000,000 worth of military (equipment) being left to Taliban Terrorists means that each and every man, woman, and child in America contributed about $265 to their terrorist cause assuming +/-320 mil citizens," Newsweek. According to anti-Republican AP, "only about $18 billion of that sum went toward equipping Afghan forces between 2002 and 2018, a June 2019 SIGAR report showed". However, it conceded that, "Though no one knows the exact value of the US-supplied Afghan equipment the Taliban have secured, defense officials confirmed it is significant." "President Joe Biden wanted the now-departed Afghan president to create the 'perception' that his government was capable of holding off Taliban," "whether it was true or not", in the last telephone call between the two, Mail Online. "The Taliban face a frontal challenge in cementing control of Afghanistan: Money. Despite their dominant military blitz over the past week, the Taliban lack access to billions of dollars from their central bank and the International Monetary Fund that would keep the country running during the turbulent shakeup," Economic Times (ET).  The US "canceled bulk shipment of dollars headed for Afghanistan" and is "also blocking Taliban access to government accounts managed by the Federal Reserve and other US banks", Fox Business. The White House has acknowledged that 200 Americans have been left behind in Afghanistan, Fox News. "Fox news host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth said he believes the number to be closer to 500." "We're a country that is paralyzed by smartphone videos of police brutality. Do you know what you can do to this country with 500 hostages, 500 execution?" Gutfield responded. Will that force US troops to return to Kabul? That, surely, will be the ultimate failure.