To my eye, the argument that the United States has a moral obligation to not abandon Afghans who want our help fighting the Taliban is quite strong.Let's see. I'd remove as inaccurate, incorrect, dishonest, and euphemistic, the following: argument, moral, obligation, abandon, Afghans, want, our, help, fighting, Taliban, quite, and strong. That leaves Yglesias' eyes, tranforming the sentiment from retarded to merely romantic.
-Yggie
I guess this is what remains of the edifice of Liberalism--wishy-washy imperialism masquerading as callow moral sentimentalism dressed up in the tattered, vaguely Sovietique drag of Realpolitik. "I don't think there is a strategic interest in invading and occupying foreign nations, but I do think there is compelling case for remaining in nations we've already invaded and occupied so long as there is a nebulous civil conflict in which we can pretend to take sides."
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Fucking Yglesias. Fucking sociopathic motherfucker. Back when the exact same fucking argument was being made by Republicans to excuse a neverending military occupation of Iraq, Yggie said that the "let's not abandon them" excuse wasn't enough, that the US had to account for all the destruction it was causing. Flip the parties, though, and Yglesias is more than happy to mouth Jonah Goldberg's old op eds. Fucking motherfucker.
Yglesias is a dipshit exhibit #9999998.
Isn't "let's not break faith with the natives who expect us to stay" kind of like the sunk-cost cognitive error in economics?
Not exactly, but it usually precedes the some argument about how pulling out dishonors the sacrifices of the troops.
Is there a school where they learn how to turn clunky phrases like that or something? Oh, yeah. Harvard.
this aggression will not stand, man
And let's not forget, let's not forget, that keeping a split infinitive, where the splitting sounds clunky and offers no semantic payback, in your opening sentence, within the city limits... that ain't legal either.
As Yggie's content, once you've bet half your stack, of course you have to go all-in. Otherwise the other players think you're a pussy.
But I can't cum without Realpolitik Soviet drag!
To my eye, the ... that the United States has a ... to not ... who want ... the ... is ... .
The Dude abides.
there's also the issue of lithium mines in china being nearly tapped out.
it's rare that u.s. interests are laid out so openly for public consumption.
some theorizing that we're fighting a proxy war with china but it could also be that we're fighting for the chinese or else they call in our debts.
why pick on stooges like yygie? he's not even a featherweight.
Pwogtopia - a place where reality is contorted as often as the per-capita rate of Americans eating anti-depressant Rx pills.
When life's 40x more sucky than what you imagined it would be like when you were 12 and saying "damn when I'm 30 it's gonna be so cool because..." there are a few options available:
alcohol
sex
drugs
sports/phys activity
comedy
are a few I know to work. But for some, they aren't quite sufficient. These rarified humans, they need
a new reality.
Thankfully, the Pwogs are eager to describe it. Shit, they have blogitudes to spread the message!
God, that article really pissed me off. Retards like Yggie are why the human race never "progresses" (but god knows what the fuck that means) Isn't there some way we could herd 'em into a big spaceship and launch it far, far away from here?
More stuff burning.
Now.
As a humanitarian liberal, he just wants to save people. By slaughtering them.
Think of it as The Safety Dance, by Men Without Brains.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. On the other hand, if ya broke it uh keep breaking it.
We have to destroy the country in order to save it.
I really don't understand why Ygelsias is a liberal. Greenwald is a fucking liberal. Yglesias is a centrist twat.
Dear IOZ and Fellow Commenters,
Please consult the views of actual Afghans rather than your Chomsky talking points when trying to be a real liberal or leftist. kthxbai
(P.S. These numbers are consistent with a years-long trend and are not a blip. P.P.S. I wonder why....It couldn't be because of what the Taliban are like or anything, right?)
when trying to be a real liberal or leftist
lulz
Just a tip: courteous, respectful people over the age of thirteen really don't use the word "retarded" to describe views with which they disagree. It's offensive. This isn't a complicated idea so please stop.
fuck you, dad.
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