And yes, I listened to the speech.
Can’t say I was impressed, but I didn’t think I would be.
Obama—all of us—have inherited a shitstorm in Afghanistan, and there’s no good damned way out of it.
Stay, and people die. Leave, and people die.
It didn’t have to be this way, but now, it is.
Is the President’s decision to pour it on the worst, or simply the least-worse, option?
I don’t know. I think nothing good will come of this, but, again, good evaporated some years back. Maybe this is the best that can be done to fend off the bad.
Sorry, this analysis lacks actual analysis. Sorry, I have only dread and bitterness.
At least he set a deadline.
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