I've got 5 years with boots on the ground in Kabul, alone.   

"I've got 5 years with boots on the ground in Kabul, alone." ?  

Thank you for your service. Your experience should enable a quick accurate answer:  tell us why Afghanistan is worth 2372+ American lives?

My Vietnam experience quickly  taught me that thatt war was a gallant but co-fecking-lossal mistake.

I know what- tell us why Afghanistan is worth 2372+ American lives?

Because China is sending them aid?

18 years and 2372 American dead is enough. We killed Osama and that's enough.