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Five Quick Things: What About That Flag At The Embassy?
American Spectator ^ | August 20, 2021, 12:27 AM | SCOTT MCKAY

Posted on 08/23/2021 6:16:29 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

If you’ve been paying attention to some of the brighter lights in conservative media, you might have noticed an absolutely excellent point being made.

Tucker Carlson made it. At the Federalist, so did John Daniel Davidson. There have been others.

The point is this: the academic and institutional Left in America and elsewhere in the West spent a whole lot of time over the past two decades attempting to school the backward Afghans as to modern woke attitudes, and that greatly hurt the mission of supporting a non-terrorist government there.

At the end of the day, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban because, faced with a choice between 7th century barbarians and 21st century woke leftists, the Afghans chose the former.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; lgbt
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Incredible imperial hubris. Costly in lives and treasure. Harmful to all caught in the middle.
1 posted on 08/23/2021 6:16:29 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Cave men had better values than the Woke zombies.


2 posted on 08/23/2021 6:18:46 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Looks like to me that the demonicrats have the backward attitudes.
3 posted on 08/23/2021 6:21:41 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Pre-Rationalism is more rational than post-Rationalism.


4 posted on 08/23/2021 6:22:19 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: The_Media_never_lie
American taxpayers paid for this mural in Kabul that the Afghani people can't even read


5 posted on 08/23/2021 6:23:12 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The Rainbow flag didn’t help.


6 posted on 08/23/2021 6:24:30 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Pollard

WTF? Sustainable development? Teaching that to stone age tribesmen? Whoever had that bright idea should be caned, then canned!


7 posted on 08/23/2021 6:25:38 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The crowd was chanting "Death to America", but they were a mostly friendly crowd.)
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To: Pollard

13 Climate ... ?


8 posted on 08/23/2021 6:29:31 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: The_Media_never_lie

“the West spent a whole lot of time over the past two decades attempting to school the backward Afghans as to modern woke attitudes”

At some point, we tried to impose the Frankfurt School at the point of a gun. It didn’t take.


9 posted on 08/23/2021 6:30:31 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Blame Biden and pray for his downfall.)
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To: Pollard

I found the full list:

https://sdgs.un.org/goals


10 posted on 08/23/2021 6:31:10 AM PDT by edwinland
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U.S. Embassy Kabul

@USEmbassyKabul

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The month of June is recognized as (LGBTI) Pride Month. The United States respects the dignity & equality of LGBTI people & celebrates their contributions to the society. We remain committed to supporting civil rights of minorities, including LGBTI persons. #Pride2021 #PrideMonth

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I'm sure the Taliban will remain respectful of "gay rights."

11 posted on 08/23/2021 6:32:24 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I don’t blame them. The whole gay trans thing is revolting.


12 posted on 08/23/2021 6:36:27 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Pollard

Notice the United Nations “Sustainable Development Goals” graffiti (in English) polluting the wall in that picture. LOL


13 posted on 08/23/2021 6:36:28 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: The_Media_never_lie

“Sustainable development?”

Expand the poppy fields?


14 posted on 08/23/2021 6:37:14 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Pollard

Omg. “Sustainable Development Goals.” What a disconnect. We have 20-something woke idiots running things.


15 posted on 08/23/2021 6:38:27 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The MSM has been jamming down our throats as “normal” views held by a minority. And them shaming us if we don’t go along with them

When they tried that nonsense in Afgahnistan, we saw how a militant opposition would react.


16 posted on 08/23/2021 6:38:52 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: Bon of Babble

They left the Rainbow flag behind. The first homosexual the Taliban throw off the radio tower will be wrapped in the Rainbow flag.


17 posted on 08/23/2021 6:39:40 AM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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Maybe they’ll be more ambitious and cut it up for pride ribbons that hundreds can wear on their way?


18 posted on 08/23/2021 6:47:35 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Teaching that to stone age tribesmen?

That's the point. Even stone age tribesmen have enough cultural and moral development to recognize Leftist tainted poop and reject it out of hand. . .but not enough to recognize the notion of universal endowed rights from the Creator which they also reject out of hand. Unfortunately, our government and the UN only promote the tainted poop "sustainable goals."

19 posted on 08/23/2021 6:58:15 AM PDT by McBuff (To be, rather than to seem)
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past two decades attempting to school the backward Afghans as to modern woke attitudes

It's time to move on to "wake", as in wake up.

20 posted on 08/23/2021 6:59:24 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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