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afghanistan is unexpectedly bad optics, but imho the truth is nobody cares about afghanistan beyond appearances, sadly. But the COVID failure was much more imp
by cblconfederate 5y ago
afghanistan is unexpectedly bad optics, but imho the truth is nobody cares about afghanistan beyond appearances, sadly.
But the COVID failure was much more important, visible and pretty stark. The US had ample time and warning from european countries to show some real leadership. They should have gone with what Australia did, and the rest of the developed world would follow their example. Instead it was a string of bad advice that makes one wonder what will happen in the next pandemic.
- Ericson2314 5y agoAgreed re Afganistan But re COVID people were already forgetting how stupid we were simply because we bought more vaccines. Now the Delta paranoia is putting other things back in the spotlight, but I suspect that won't last either.
- UncleOxidant 5y agoAgreed. Afghanistan is one of the few things at this point that pretty much everyone in the US agrees about: the need to get out. The bad optics will be forgotten in a month or so if not less. COVID, on the other hand is apocalyptic in the original greek sense of the word (revealing something that was hidden under the surface): It's revealed huge problems in the US not the least of which is an epistemic gap that seems unbridgeable.