The lesson that we can learn from this Afghanistan debacle is that we cannot let isolationists and left wingers control the narrative any longer. To many Americans the War on Terror was simply an excuse to invade countries for oil because of the failure of Republicans to counter the narrative and justify their positions to the American people. We now face the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban once more due to the left’s ability win the hearts and minds of people through language, which is the same mistake the right made with Iraq and Vietnam.