Shit, just realized why the turn in the Syrian conflict seems so uncannily familiar. It rhymes very strongly with the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in the 80s (which led, among other things, to the Kashmir insurgency). This is not a good rhyme.
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I’m so a product of the 80s it’s not even funny. Age 6-16 is like the only dentist anchor zone.
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A distinction with a difference: I’d call it a position of encroaching weakness. But this is going down fast and hard. We shall see.
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Unless of course the reason that this person who is suddenly in a position of strength is only there because the US is collapsing ungracefully. Which I happen to think is a compelling hypothesis.
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You say that like a polity that's willing to elect an own-goal moron (in the face of massive evidence as to his character, temperament, values) does not presage a collapse...
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The US never really deployed into Syria so I’m not really seeing it.
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