DL Open Thread Tuesday August 17th 2021
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
I think most of the non-lunatic segment of the general public will be just fine with Biden’s speech.
Afghanistan is a repeat of the epic folly that was Viet Nam, right down to it’s pathetic ending. We have all been here before and were too damn dumb to avoid a repeat performance. Yet again the infernal stupidity of Washington dragged us into endless war, and given half a chance would do it again. Say it with me: No More War. Not now, not later, not ever. Is It Really All That Hard To Comprehend???