Afstan: The view of "The left-leaning Berliner Zeitung"

Further to this post, from Spiegel Online:

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"Of course, it's easy for the Americans to point the finger at the other allies. But it's also true that it was in no way the case that all Europeans were convinced of the usefulness of the mission to Afghanistan in the first place. (It) is far away. The overthrow of the Taliban is already six years behind us, and yet the allies are preparing themselves to stay there for many more years. The burdens have already been enormous. There's no chance that voters are going to allow further adventures."

Same, I would say, with the Italian and Spanish publics. And maybe much of the Canadian. Think about the internal logic at the quote. No "usefulness"?