You saw the pictures. The swarm of humanity, jostled against fences at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Take Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then the Taliban shut off access to Abbey Gate. Then the suicide bomber came.

You saw the pictures. The swarm of humanity, jostled against fences at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Take Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then the Taliban shut off access to Abbey Gate. Then the suicide bomber came.