I think God gave Israel this Jericho victory to encourage that new group of young men who were following Joshua to take Jericho, which was their first city they overtook stood between them and their promised Land of Canaan. God took the first step and gave them the victory. God knew that later on that Israel was going to sin and fall into their old ways once in Canaan; but because he wanted to honor his promise to Abraham and his descendants Joshua and Caleb's faith encouraged the faith of these new young followers in him; he took the first step. (Numbers 32:12) read it. Just like the U.S. took the first step to go into Afghanistan and tried to liberate those people so they would have their country and they would be able to live as a free Nation governed by the Afghan people this is not the end but the beginning for those young Afghans...who got a taste of freedom who desire to be governed by law... not dictators, or some terrorist forces that over ran the land. But because the now adult Afghan people who were not willing to take up arms and defend their own country unto the death; that next generation who taste freedom will...I think President Trump & President Biden did the right thing and history will concur.