Opinion | Here’s why the U.S. national security apparatus keeps producing failuresHere’s why the U.S. national security apparatus keeps producing failures President Biden is flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on July 20. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) If you want one statistic to explain the failure of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan it is this: The National Security Co
