Your parents must be proud.

don’t worry, when she casts one of the 6 votes to weaken Roe v. Wade to the point of near-death, they’ll love her all over again

Exactly. It’s not like the supporters of staying there were openly making an argument for indefinite occupation, either - they just kept stalling for time, using weaselly rhetoric like “time-table for withdrawal” to push off withdrawal for another year or three.

How was the US pulling out now going to have a different outcome had we left in 15 years or left 15 years ago? This was always going to happen.

Most soldiers will switch sides if you can show you can beat them when fighting on home territory. It has just been so long since America has fought a war on our own soil, and has never fought a losing one there, that we’ve forgotten that. Plus there is no such thing as an Afghani, not really, they are all this tribe…

Many of your points are valid, but there are other factors at play too. Coulda-woulda-shoulda aside, all we have left now are a series of “heartless” options. Leave thousands of US citizens and their Afghan associates behind to die, or send 1000 young Americans in to face a deadly enemy for a what would hopefully be a…

The advisors on the ground were the ones saying we couldn’t win, and it was time to cut our losses. The same thing they’ve been saying since 2005, according to the Washington Post.

As he should. There are American civilians and Afghani who provided aide to them on ground who need to be evacuated. This shit is clearly complicated and the intelligence/defense/foreign affairs departments were all blindsided. It’s sad that young men and women have to be sent in to clean up their incompetence, but…

The most corrupt government and military on earth falls without a fight, surprisingly. Our government always knew there was no rebuilding Afghanistan, but no congress or president wanted to take the political hit, so they chased good money after bad. Meanwhile the arms makers made a killing.

Sad to say that this was always the endgame. Afghanistan’s fate was sealed when we failed to nail Bin Laden there before he fled to Pakistan, and also when we decided to use Iraq as the dead cat to distract from having allowed him to flee. After that it was just who was going to be left sitting in the chair when this…

Figures the Jezebel crowd would blame Biden.

They should have pulled out back in 2013. There was never any clear end game with the US presence in Afghanistan. Sometimes it’s just better to admit you lost and accept defeat. That decision should have been made long ago. 

Well now you’re changing your talking points around from what you said in your last comment, but regarding your new questions, vaccinated people are still less likely to get infected in the first place so anything that reduces transmission is good. Also, even if someone who is vaccinated gets infected, they are far,…

If you’re talking about mRNA, the technology is not that new (it’s been developed over decades and made into vaccines prior to COVID), and if people are nervous about mRNA then they can go with one of the more traditional vaccines.

Either you’re medically unable to get the vaccine, or you’re just an entitled asshole who’s refusing to get the vaccine.

Normally I try to avoid binary thinking, but this is a pretty obvious choice. My friend is an ethical vegan, he never questioned getting the vaccine. That person doesn’t know what they are talking…

What about veganism? Ethical veganism is a thing and I know a few vegans who won’t get jabbed due to animal testing.

These seatbelt laws are violating my constitutional rights to bodily integrity, autonomy, and medical choice to fly through my windshield.

This is all so dumb. No one is forcing these young adults to do anything, they could just not go to Indiana University.

Wow. When your request to be heard is too stupid for even Amy “my legal career is a means to the end of serving God” Barrett, maybe you don’t belong in college anyway.

You have to do what I do, lock myself in my room when they visit (because my wife is apparently unconcerned and unwilling to tell them not to), and actively decline any and all trips to see any of them. It sucks, and it may one day cause a rift in our marriage, but I only get one shot at life and I’m not going to…