1. Ryan Crocker, former ambassador to Afghanistan under Barack Obama, has a NY Times piece which is a perfect distillation of the ridiculous new Blob conventional wisdom that Afghanistan could have been a long-term intervention like South Korea or Germany but Biden fucked it up
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3. Some thoughts on the new Afghanistan war apologetics and what they get wrong.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/lies-about-afghanistan?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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‘Guys there is a reason forever war is a popular concept on Twitter let’s give the people what they want!’
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"We had a sustainable equilibrium!" is doing the same work for Afghanistan that "The surge worked!" did for Iraq: an easily disprovable lie that will continue to be repeated because it provides desperately needed cover for so many.
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Is this administration would own at least part of what went wrong, I may start to give them some benefit of the doubt. But “That was four or five days ago” and “Trump’s made us powerless” make it hard to see their perspective
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Has anyone looked into the logistical issues with Afghanistan and how that has affected the situation since 2015?
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"What changed?" Trump made a deal with the Taliban that signalled the end of American support for the central government.
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Did you see Crocker's appearance w/
@Acosta yesterday?! He was peevish, barking at Acosta: "Get real!" when Acosta pushed him for specifics on just how this was supposed to all work given the givens.#DCBrain#FallaciousGroupthink#BushCheneyRumsfeldAfghanistanDisasterThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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What is a "minimum cost" in blood? 240 Americans a year? How many Afghans? Who decides whats "affordable"? The Blob? Don't the American people have a say? Congress has evaded responsibility for 20 years.
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If it's affordable, all he has to do is sign a $50 billion check and send it to the Pentagon (or, I guess, Erik Prince.)
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