Column: Why Americans Aren’t Paying Attention to the Longest War in Their Nation’s History

Weeks ago, in Afghanistan, the Taliban marked the Eid al-Adha holiday with a surprise attack. It sought to demonstrate that 17 years of effort by the U.S. forces were for naught--and to inspire the American public to bring its troops home, as the Tet offensive playing out on U.S. TVs did during the Vietnam War. There was just one problem.

Almost no one noticed.

Yes, the Taliban seized much of Ghazni--a strategic city just 75 miles from Kabul. But while U.S.