Favorite Rejects 2021-08-18
Petraeus misled the American people as to how the war in Afghanistan was going when he was in charge. He's still eliding plain facts and misleading them.
When it came time to defend their government's survival, the ANSF evaporated.
Jokes aside, this is the self-interested reason for the Taliban to try to say and do reassuring things.
They are better off if people with useful skills stick around. Doesn't mean they'll do it, but there is a case for it.
Samuel Hammond 🌐🏛 @hamandcheese
People seem to have pre-baked their takes that the withdrawal implementation was a total disaster, but as of today the airport has been secured and the Taliban is allowing evacuations to continue.
1) Emitting carbon dioxide
2) Driving on crowded roads
3) Talking about shifts in Hollywood's output since the 1990s without noting the fundamental role of technological and economic shifts in driving cultural trends.
Joseph Majkut @JosephMajkut
Would watch this movie
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell
Joe Biden, history's greatest monster, changed his mind in response to events!
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Imagine if we took those people in and let them help with the space program.
Adam Housley @adamhousley
> fraud in an experiment about dishonesty
Damn if only they signed a statement promising the data wasn't false BEFORE submitting it
Data Colada @DataColada
Industrial policy pickup line: “hey babe, do you like industrial policy? because you make me want to learn by doing”
Matt Darling 🌐💸🌇 @besttrousers
partisanship is a strong predictor of being anti-vaccine, but much less so when the risks are greater
As a Chinese government propaganda guy told me in 2008, “China won the war in Afghanistan” [villainous laugh] https://t.co/mR0xTkuR9c
Stephen Walt @stephenWalt
