The obvious difference is that the Afghan population had no interest in running their own country. Western tax payer money was wasted for years trying to remake that country in the image of a Western democracy, but the people there had no real interest in that outcome.
Ukraine is a totally different story. The overwhelming majority of the population view themselves as Westerners and there is a deep desire in most of the country to join the EU and NATO. It's also a strategically important country to the West, unlike Afghanistan, which possessed little in the way of strategic importance.
The most important point is that we don't have to fight Ukraine's war for them. They're willing to pay a heavy toll for freedom from Russian oppression, all we have to do is spend miniscule percentages of our annual budgets to ensure that they have what they need to survive as a nation. They're highly motivated, have proven plenty capable of war fighting despite Russia possessing significant military advantages and they're aligning their defense industry with those of the West.
Afghanistan and Ukraine are not remotely comparable, IMO.
Afghans didn't want, what?
In todays Afghan, though taxes are lowered, the tax income of the central governing is much higher then during " the democratic experiment ". Not much is being built but even that is more than during 20 years od " democratic experiment ".
Streets are safer than during the democratic experiment. 90% of money spent for democratic experiment was actually spent in USA.
Yes Afghanistan is different to Ukraine and there are obvious differences but the thieving and drivel are the same.
Tiny amount of your income is spent for Ukraine? Has the word inflation occurred to you?
You see the inflation is for you ,but 28% of Ukrainian arable sosoil is for somebody else.
You see , there are plenty ways to convert a bunch of papers into the tangible asseassets.
Just ask Milei, after all the guy just spent over 800 million for gender correcting medication.
I see , good old Chicago school is still around.
By the way , let me explain something to you.
Since you are displaying the signs of Asperger Syndrome here , I think I need to teach you something.
I had to come to Britain, I didn't have a choice but my sister who is an anesthesiologist with over 1000 war time operations under here belt refused. She refused " I don't want to be a doctor for those bums, I prefer, if neneeds to be , to be even a nurse for my people ".
You see , the world is not created in your image. When you realise that , maybe some intelligence can slightly touch you.