How often do red herring fallacies recur in American political discourse?

I don't know. It is 9,800 people plus still 90,000 private contractors in Afghanistan. This is not a war, it is a deliberate occupation and as long as the U.S. wants a backlash, they will get it, using some excuse to have to remain there.

Afghan government wants the U.S. out but they won't leave.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.