#No more nation-building ever again

#No more nation-building ever again

“#No more nation-building ever again” President Biden’s shoddy withdrawal from Afghanistan has irrevocably sullied America’s reputation. Even opponents of continued occupation have been horrified at the indefensible manner in which this extraction was done.  But it’s also worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons we can glean from…

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#A Canadian bottleneck in Kabul is endangering innocent lives

#A Canadian bottleneck in Kabul is endangering innocent lives

“#A Canadian bottleneck in Kabul is endangering innocent lives” Paul Wells: People struggling to escape and those helping them are running up against procedural confusion layered on top of constant mortal danger A coalition of non-governmental organizations trying to get Afghans with a history of helping Canadians out of war-torn Kabul says immigration bottlenecks are…

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#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2021” The Issue: The deteriorating situation in Afghanistan as troops try to evacuate Americans and US allies. Because President Biden and his top military advisers lacked the foresight to see the obvious Taliban reaction to a quick American military withdrawal, the mission to rescue all Americans just got…

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#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia

#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia

“#Vladimir Putin refuses to allow Afghan refugees into Russia” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that his country won’t accept Afghan refugees because he doesn’t want to deal with “militants” masquerading as asylum-seekers. The Russian strongman slammed Western nations for placing Afghan refugees in countries even near his border while their US and European visas…

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#Growing political roadblock vs. big spender Joe Biden

#Growing political roadblock vs. big spender Joe Biden

“#Growing political roadblock vs. big spender Joe Biden” As the debacle in Afghanistan consumes the Biden administration, Wall Street is keeping a closer eye on another debacle: that is, the president’s ambitions to turn the US into a European-style progressive paradise.  It’s not that Biden and his acolytes in Congress and appointees to various regulatory…

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#Afghanistan proves failed generals no longer care about winning

#Afghanistan proves failed generals no longer care about winning

“#Afghanistan proves failed generals no longer care about winning” To the surprise of only the Biden administration and its top brass, the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last week after 20 years of frivolous American adventurism. It was a spectacular failure of American diplomacy, statecraft, intelligence and, most of all, military capability. In short, mission…

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