The US defeated the Taliban over and over again, and could have occupied the country for decades, even centuries if it wanted to secure the necessary cultural change.
...But political pressures back home prevented that. Therefore, it's completely accurate to say that the US did not have the political will to win.
Compare it to the British blockade of the Atlantic to destroy the slave trade - that took over seventy years of constant military presence to achieve.
The US defeated the Taliban over and over again, and could have occupied the country for decades, even centuries if it wanted to secure the necessary cultural change.
...But political pressures back home prevented that. Therefore, it's completely accurate to say that the US did not have the political will to win.
Compare it to the British blockade of the Atlantic to destroy the slave trade - that took over seventy years of constant military presence to achieve.