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The news coverage has a bit of a vibe of "Things are going south, what are we going to do about it?" I think the "What are we going to do about it" is implied
by tonystubblebine 5y ago
The news coverage has a bit of a vibe of "Things are going south, what are we going to do about it?"
I think the "What are we going to do about it" is implied by not having a conclusion attached to all the "bad" news. But isn't the rapid Taliban takeover 100% proof that we didn't build any sort of sustainable alternative while we were there?
- tablespoon 5y ago> I think the "What are we going to do about it" is implied by not having a conclusion attached to all the "bad" news. But isn't the rapid Taliban takeover 100% proof that we didn't build any sort of sustainable alternative while we were there? IIRC, the US pulled too much of the rug out from under the Afghani government too quickly. For instance, I've read the US long ago evacuated the maintenance contractors that maintained the Afghan Air Force, which means they can't fly even if they have the pilots.