This is kind of the sunk cost fallacy in reverse. Past failures are not a justification or rationale for new failures, and the issue is not American humiliation, but going back on our word to thousands of Afghans whose lives are now in danger. The story is about them, not us.https://twitter.com/Robillard/status/1428793665460244484 …
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An American friend came up in my feed recently saying in all sincerity that we should reach out to military veterans in this difficult time. There really is no limit to the extent of US self-absorption here.
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Also seeing a lot of cheerleaders for the Iraq war back in the day lecturing us on the limits of American power, and labeling anyone dissatisfied with the mismanagement of our withdrawal as a warmonger. It takes a special brazenness to cheerlead so comfortably in both directions.
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