Do You Think the u.s. Would Have Been in Afghanistan for 20 Years if Nado Hadn't Existed?

i'm wondering if either of you think that if nado didn't exist, that it would have had a meaningful impact on the way us. Foreign policy has played out since september eleventh? Is it at all possible that the united states wouldn't have been in afghanistan for 20 years if nato hadn't been around to shoulder some of the burden? i suspect is that the answer to that question is no. It may have even been a constraining factor. I mean, my instincts w there, there was enthusiasm to support america after nine elevenn right? The nato declarationor invocation of article five was part of that. And that enthusiasm went away inherre