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Mendacity, Hubris, and the Tragedy of Afghanistan
American Greatness ^ | Jan 16, 202 | Julie Kelly

Posted on 01/19/2020 7:42:53 AM PST by jcon40

The very same collection of intelligence, national security, military, diplomatic, and political experts rubbing their hands in eager anticipation of Trump’s ouster is responsible for mismanaging our longest war, a debacle that continues to cost American lives.

A cynic might start to suspect that the current impeachment fervor roiling Capitol Hill is nothing more than a ruse by Washington’s aristocracy to camouflage revelations about their own incompetence, corruption, and abuse of power over the past few decades.

Could it be, a cynic might wonder, that all the accusations leveled against President Trump merely are projections to deflect from the bad behavior of Beltway royalty?

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: americanblogness; blog; foreignpolicy; whyexcerpt

1 posted on 01/19/2020 7:42:53 AM PST by jcon40
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To: jcon40

We went into Afghanistan to rescue the poppy fields. Since Vietnam, the CIA has become the biggest producer of cocaine.


2 posted on 01/19/2020 8:09:26 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: DownInFlames

It seems all of our foreign policy is about making or protecting money streams.

Our version of “spreading democracy” has been a variation of spreading dependence.


3 posted on 01/19/2020 8:21:30 AM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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