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Great interview with Rand! Not what the MIC shills wanted to hear.
The current situation in Kabul reminds me of the Obama/Clinton fiasco in Benghazi. Probably "planned" and managed by a lot of the same people.
"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
Proponent of real science.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
I haven't listened to the interview.
But a point that I think should be made is that, when getting into a war like this in the first place, the high risk that the withdrawal down the road will be done incompetently needs to be considered.
Every time people support any policy, whether it be a war or any other government program, they always just assume that it will be executed in an ideal way. And then if it isn't, they won't blame the policy, they'll just say it was done wrong, without considering that they should always anticipate that the reality of how a government executes any policy when it's put in the hands of the kinds of people who populate the government is that myriad mistakes will be made.
Last edited by Invisible Man; 08-26-2021 at 06:27 PM.
Ron PaulThere is nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency, but a globalism where free trade is competitively subsidized by each nation, a continuous trade war is dictated by the WTO, and the single currency is pure fiat, fear is justified. That type of globalism is destined to collapse into economic despair, inflationism and protectionism and managed by resurgent militant nationalism.
Congressional Record (March 13, 2001)
Ron PaulThere is nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency, but a globalism where free trade is competitively subsidized by each nation, a continuous trade war is dictated by the WTO, and the single currency is pure fiat, fear is justified. That type of globalism is destined to collapse into economic despair, inflationism and protectionism and managed by resurgent militant nationalism.
Congressional Record (March 13, 2001)
Bush is like a guy who put a bunch of expensive spinning plates up on sticks and did an act balancing those expensive spinning plates, and then never figured out how to get the plates back down off the sticks, and handed them off to his successor to take care of, and then when his successor dropped the plates, the Bush apologists want to say it was the other guy's fault for not getting the plates off the sticks right, which Bush didn't do either, without considering the obvious point that the bulk of the blame goes to the guy who put the spinning plates on the sticks and then handed them off to someone else over whose actions he had no control.
Again, when considering the implementation of any government policy, poor execution by future administrations should be positively counted on as one of the inherent costs built into the policy.
Last edited by Invisible Man; 08-26-2021 at 06:39 PM.
Ron PaulThere is nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency, but a globalism where free trade is competitively subsidized by each nation, a continuous trade war is dictated by the WTO, and the single currency is pure fiat, fear is justified. That type of globalism is destined to collapse into economic despair, inflationism and protectionism and managed by resurgent militant nationalism.
Congressional Record (March 13, 2001)
You know damn well I was speaking about...
Trump considered it and even before negotiations told the Taliban leader that U.S. Forces would destroy them like the Caliphate in Syria. Pompeo was there on the call and backs it up.the high risk that the withdrawal down the road will be done incompetently needs to be considered.
And if you want to call bull$#@! that's fine. But both you and I know Trump is enough of an egomaniac that he would NEVER have allowed this debacle.
It was a threat. A REAL threat.
And it stopped them from killing for a year and a half.
Ron PaulThere is nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency, but a globalism where free trade is competitively subsidized by each nation, a continuous trade war is dictated by the WTO, and the single currency is pure fiat, fear is justified. That type of globalism is destined to collapse into economic despair, inflationism and protectionism and managed by resurgent militant nationalism.
Congressional Record (March 13, 2001)
If people could understand that, then we wouldn't have 99% of the world's problems. Unfortunately, it's not intuitive. People really do believe the Rousseau vision that it's the government's job to execute the general will of the people. And that if the will of the people is determined through democratic processes, that the purpose of government is to give the people what they willed.
The question of whether governments are capable of executing that will is hardly considered. It is far more likely that failures of government will be laid at the feet of this politician or that one. I'm not letting these politicians and bureaucrats off the hook - some are better at managing things than others. They have an incentive to try to keep things afloat until they're out of their position and it lands on the next manager. (Usually, by expending more resources) But ultimately, government failure is guaranteed. Because the institutional incentives of politicians and bureaucrats are not aligned with executing the will of the people, but with covering their own asses. It's government's fatal flaw. Our Founders understood that. But most people today don't even consider it.
So, we give government the responsibility for nearly every aspect of our lives. And then they foreseeably mess it up. What's worse is that we've given that same government responsibility for the education of our children. Well, of course those same government politicians and bureaucrats have the incentive to make sure that no one even questions whether governments are capable of executing the people's will - only that it's their job to do so.
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
Ron PaulThere is nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency, but a globalism where free trade is competitively subsidized by each nation, a continuous trade war is dictated by the WTO, and the single currency is pure fiat, fear is justified. That type of globalism is destined to collapse into economic despair, inflationism and protectionism and managed by resurgent militant nationalism.
Congressional Record (March 13, 2001)
Do something Danke
Paul is correct . When you withdrawal all of those people who are not armed , trained , professional combatants need to be removed first. So yes this is a cluster$#@! of the worst order. This just cost 13 American lives yesterday that was totally not needed . It was clearly apparent to rational people by the end of the Bush time that this withdrawal needed done . Obama doubled down for eight years costing thousands of lives . Now biden is just getting people killed out of pure stupidity . Dereliction of duty .
Do something Danke
I keep hearing similarities. In both cases, you had the Administration negotiating for security with either the Taliban or some Islamic militia.
"We don't understand security, policing, military or anything like that, but these guys seem like they do it all the time, so we can trust them to take care of it for us. This is all beneath us, there must be some brown skinned person who can do this grunt work for us for cheap."
"Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
"Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
"Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul
Proponent of real science.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.
Oh really? What part of REALLY LEAVING don't you appreciate? Is the DS trying to pull Biden BACK into Afghanistan? Of course they are.
No matter who the president is, or what he does, the DS is going to launch terrorist attacks if the president does something they don't like.
Who do you think moved ISIS out of Raqqa by busloads into Afghanistan? Who do you think pays them?
Do you really know who bombed the airport? Why did the troops fire on all the Afghans?
Trump didn't get us out of Iraq or Syria, and you think he would have gotten us out of Afghanistan? No Way.
He would have kept the occupation going, at Bagram AFB and via thousands of "contractors".
In this one move, Biden did more to stand up to the DS than Trump ever did in 4 years of his loudmouthed clown act.
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You think Biden is standing up to the deep state? Biden? Doddering, senile old decades long reliable tool Biden?
Seriously?
What is this fascination people have with authority and titles? How do these things shut down brain cells? Dude. Go to Mirriam Webster and look up the word figurehead already.
Support for this MIC/Big Pharma/Big Oil attempt to control Caspian gas and poppies fell through the basement floor. They're trying to false flag it back up. They won't even let Biden answer questions about it.
Careful talking about loudmouthed clown acts. You might get accused of projection. Biden standing up to the Deep State. No pill can cure all the things wrong with that.
That remains to be seen. Our permanent exit is still very much in question.
But poppies and oil are yesterday's markets. We're moving on to cocaine, meth and battery materials from South America and Central Africa. What's a few hundred dead bodies compared to the future, amirite?!!
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
Not really sure what any of that means but in no way will you convince me that the best way to withdrawal is leaving unarmed civilians as the rear guard in a cluster$#@! with a Marine platoon. While I dont have a lot of experience with withdrawals I have been in some running gun battles as rear guard once over run or getting into extremely large forces that that always reliable intel didnt seem to know were there. If you want to see how some withdrawal is done take a look at the French and British who concluded a couple days ago. First all non combatants , then the soldiers.
Do something Danke
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