Politics aside, the simple truth is this: if a nation of truckers were to strike for just two weeks, it would be a stunning catastrophe. Most people have no idea how essential these hard-working people are to our survival.
America's presence in Afghanistan is over, unless you count the hundreds of Americans we left in the hands of the Taliban, along with presumably thousands of green-card holders and tens of thousands of Afghans who worked with us. For them, the war is just beginning.