Give me the alternative scenario
We don't invade the graveyard of empires.
That's a known thing but what do we actually do? "Don't invade Afghanistan" is a cop out
It is not a cop out, you're attempting to restrict the parameters of the argument to such a narrow set of options that your worldview doesn't look grotesque and pathetic. It's not working.
Blowing 2 trillion dollars and killing a hundred thousand people because "you gotta do something".
You're conflating Iraq and Afghanistan
The death toll and what is the and
dumbass gets wrecked by Local Oaf, film at 11