The "fake middle ground" position here is that instead of saying it was illegal, Biden could have let SIV applications come be processed in the US before August, that we didn't need to make visiting a single medical clinic in Kabul a bureaucratic prerequisite for visa applicants https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1429474045238693889 …
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You'd think someone like Yglesias would be the one arguing that details of policy implementation matter more than ideological battles waged over cable news. The failure to get vulnerable Afghans out was a catastrophic and *unnecessary* concomitant to withdrawing our troops.
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Despite suggestions to the contrary, Afghanistan is a large country with many cities, and we left our friends stranded in all of them. This is not a "wait and see" situation where early incompetence gives rise to a smooth evacuation and all ends well. The die was cast weeks ago.
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My chief request to people is just a thought experiment. Pretend that the current withdrawal, and the policy decisions about handling Afghan refugees, were happening under Trump. Would your reaction be different? If so, why?
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In retrospect maybe our generations Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket would have been better than having Aaron Sorkin write a morality play for Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour-Hoffman about how the world's puppet strings lead to the hallowed halls of congress.
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I would have enjoyed a version of M*A*S*H told from the viewpoint of Afghan translators.
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