DL Open Thread Tuesday August 17th 2021

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The corrupt edifice that was our invasion and 20 year occupation of Afghanistan has come tumbling down in spectacularly speedy and chaotic fashion. Biden's address yesterday was heartbreakingly direct and honest.   My take is that given the situation he inherited from Bush, Obama and Trump, he said what needed to be said. And yet the humanitarian crisis will be long and nauseating.  Separating good faith criticism and bad faith criticism will be impossible. So, I agree with Alby. I’ll be staying far away from the Opinion Industrial Complex for a while. And also, this… You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you sit back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion While the young people’s blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud