Unfuckingbelievable. Trump supporters blaming Obama is gonna send my lawnmower into orbit like never before. Like Iâm going to need to increase my yoga and meditation to prevent me from legit knocking one of them out. Or just cough right into their mouth as theyâre spewing this bullshit.
People who have the bot on ignore should check out those posts.
The invasion of Afghanistan was awful, more ill planned and ad hoc then even Iraq. That it âsucceededâ is no proof of anything, the Taliban was a weak central government that had significant parts of the country fighting it already. The âinvasionâ was largely offering air + âspecial forcesâ support to those internal opponents who had no +ve or in common qualities beyond being âanti-Talibanâ. Most of the allies had almost no prior contact or relationship with them, so had no hope of evaluating them as worthwhile people to empower.
The result has been awful, 20 years of civil war before handing the country back to the Taliban, who now have 20 years more experience and an even deeper reputation as the resistors of foreign invasion. That a lot of the rest of the world was on board proves nothing other than that terrible leadership and war fetishes are hardly uniquely American qualities.
Remember when Republicans used to put up serious candidates for president and VP?
I donât mind a former governor/VP candidate going on that show and acting silly. She can do what she wants. Stuff like that can be fun. What I mind is a horrible person like her getting applause.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1238413677096775683?s=20
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1238417118225412096?s=20
Nevermind that the UK is not going to keep the infections low. Their policy is that it canât be stopped, so itâs better to let it spread in a controlled fashion.
nah, itâs worth it every time lol
makes me feel better about myself
Thread title does not disappoint. What a piece of shit we have as President.
I think that tweet is probably at the very least overstating who was killed. Iâm not sure whatâs going on exactly but this journalist below is usually reliable and seems to imply this general is previously completely unknown. He was killed in the strikes on the Iraqi militia, so not a targeted killing.
Then this guy, who I also think is pretty reliable but is also certainly âpro-Iranâ, is saying itâs fake news.
https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1238435632982212614
I donât know whoâs correct.
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