The US isn’t spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters and bombers to fight the Taliban.
The US is spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters and bombers for the dual purposes of funneling money to friends and supporters, and for signaling to prevent any symmetric war.
The US is spending billions of dollars on stealth fighters and bombers for the dual purposes of funneling money to friends and supporters, and for signaling to prevent any symmetric war.
Fighting the Taliban also fulfills the purpose of funneling money to friends and supporters.