2. The idea that Afghanistan is in the same category as post-WWII Japan & Germany or post-1953 South Korea is belied by tens of thousands of dead civilians, insurgency, death squads etc. Also, even at most corrupt, J/G/SK had real governments. Afghanistan was a Potemkin regime
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3. The ridiculous Japan/Germany/South Korea line isn't about saying anything true or useful. It's a way to salvage the reputation of an establishment that, for 2 decades, lied about an unwinnable & unnecessary war. More here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/the-establishments-afghanistan-myths?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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Call him "Kabul Ken".
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He took $1.8M in salary last year.
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Also, the comma after "imposed" should be a semicolon.
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Have we learned yet to ignore these people?
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Foreign Policy, where diversity initiatives somehow don't apply.
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Haas has always been very overrated, honestly.
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"open ended presence" is to forever wars what "migrant overflow facility" is to concentration camps
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Who made the deal with Afghanistan??? TFG, right??
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