<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Indeed Dave. This article spells out the futility of the Afghanistan mission well. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028106402/8-paradoxes-that-sum-up-americas-20-year-mission-in-afghanistan">https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028106402/8-paradoxes-that-sum-up-americas-20-year-mission-in-afghanistan</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 30, 2021, at 12:24 PM, Dave Sill via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:20 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-2422885288403712790WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">China and the rest of the world have just witnessed an astonishing display of the weakness of US military will and might.</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you're referring to the Afghanistan pull-out, I don't think it's a display of weakness to realize you're in a war you aren't prepared to win. And I support the pull-out. I just wish it had been handled better.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think anyone really doubts our might: we have the numbers. But our ability to commit, thankfully, has demonstrably been lacking for several decades. </div><div><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>
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