Please, not again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/world/asia/in-dwindling-afghan-war-air-power-has-become-a-way-of-life.html?hp

"Weary of the costs of a long war, Western military forces have already begun withdrawing and handing greater security responsibility to Afghan forces. One worry, several officers said, is that these air operations have become essential, necessary for ground units that are operating in contested areas of Afghanistan and hoping to maintain influence, or even survive. And the Afghan government has nothing to match the role they play."

Forty years ago the United States, weary of the costs of a long war, withdrew forces handing greater security responsibilities to the South Vietnamese. Air operations had become essential to holding back the North which had begun to mass its units. The South Vietnamese had nothing to match our air power.

Nixon, to force the South to sign the Paris Peace Accords, promised that any violation by the North would be met by substantial US Air and Naval support. The United States turned its back, forgetting that promise. There was no honor then. There was only shame.

Draw your own lesson.