the optics of afghanistan

The Department of Defense released this image of Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne, boarding a C-17 to depart Kabul. He was the last US soldier to depart Afghanistan.

-from cnn

 

can a news cycle be two decades? i wonder if Donahue ever imagined he'd be this variety of punctuation in a history textbook.