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Non-conservatives just do not understand the Tinker Bell Effect for a standing army. If only we had clapped harder, the Afghan Army would have been more resolu
by hindsightbias 5y ago
Non-conservatives just do not understand the Tinker Bell Effect for a standing army.
If only we had clapped harder, the Afghan Army would have been more resolute.
Anyone know how to say der dolchstoss in Pashto?
- LurkingPenguin 5y agoI don't think people really believe the "Afghans should have fought harder" explanation for what has occurred. It's just a convenient American rationalization (excuse) to mask a scary reality: the US, including its massive military, is now consumed by institutional rot and is experiencing significant decline.
- Gibbon1 5y agoThey said the same thing about the South Vietnamese. Conservatives tried to use that as a justification for not accepting refugees. Arguing on one hand refuges would include communists who will murder us in our beds. And the ones that aren't communists need to be forced to return to Vietnam and fight. Or that because they ran away they aren't worthy of help.