Between Afghanistan and the southern border, the US now has a Hunger Games-based refugee policy. Whoever can claw their way on a plane or survive the desert gets to stay. The US admitted fewer than 7,000 official refugees this year, and we're on pace for a record low under Biden
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This is an excellent idea. Refugee triathlon! Sell the TV rights to offset the costs of naturalizing the winners.https://twitter.com/LokiOfSassgaard/status/1427432568857653254 …
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So far we've heard that Afghan forces didn't believe in themselves, didn't want to fight for their own country, weren't competent, lollygagged around after getting their US visas, couldn't grasp the complexity of a modern democracy. Seems weird that they kicked our ass so hard.
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A lot of people out there crying foul on any comparison to the US withdrawal from Vietnam. But it's precisely the cultural and historical distance between these two wars that gives us a stereoscopic view of their common factor, a military complex that rotted all the way through
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When American institutional narcissism leads us to treat every country we invade like a blank canvas waiting for our self-portrait, then it really doesn't matter that these places are so different. Because we never see them at all, we just look at our own dumb reflection.
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The only issue I'd have with court-martialing everyone in active service over the rank of colonel would be that it leaves us with a bunch of shitty colonels. Otherwise a fantastic plan.https://twitter.com/Kazanir/status/1427458805458112521 …
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And publishing their faces put their families’ lives at risk
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How far did they have to fly before going back for a second load?
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