Not really; the most recent wave is subsiding and we’ve (as a nation, not all of us as individuals) just decided we don't care anymore.
Kabul might have fallen in a day but the process of the Taliban gaining control over Afghanistan took significantly longer than a day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%...
This map shows dates on which various cities fell under the control of the Taliban and there are dates going back into June and July ...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/2021_Tal...
that's what you've been told at the time when it was required for you to think so, in particular during Trump's presidency due to his stance on NATO.
today you are required to think that Russia is getting its ass kicked, and tomorrow you'll be required to think that Russia must be nuked or else Europe will fall, and the expert opinion will once again change to reflect that.