For Jewish veterans of Afghanistan, feelings of relief and betrayal

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-jewish-veterans-of-afghanistan-feelings-of-relief-and-betrayal/

 He compared the Afghanistan war to watching someone terminally ill die slowly over the course of nineteen and a half years.

“The last couple days have been a very ugly death, but you just knew it was coming, and it’s been a very bad illness for nineteen and a half years,” Zager said.

“It’s almost like you’re relieved that it’s over