We spent over $2.4 trillion in Afghanistan for 20 years while the poor in America went without food, medical care, decent schools. The water in the Black-majority city of Flint was poisoned by the Governor. A thousand people shot by the police in the U.S. each year.
As a liberal I prefer big stick diplomacy
How did it work for you in Afghanistan?
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/peeling-the-american-onion