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** TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021
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We should remember that in an area controlled by such a process as national socialism, or any similar philosophy of governmental direction, the question and definition of what human personality is and what human rights and fundamental freedoms are, rest with the dominant political power.
– Russell J. Clinchy, Human Rights and the United Nations [1952]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 13, 2021
Blame Biden for Losing Afghanistan? ([link removed])
It is becoming increasingly clear that the strategy of interventionist dead-enders is to blame President Biden for losing Afghanistan to the Taliban. If only he had kept U.S. troops there a bit longer or even indefinitely, their argument goes, the crooked and corrupt U.S.-installed Afghan puppet regime could have won the war and finally brought “enduring freedom” to Afghanistan.
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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SOCIALISM
[link removed] The Soviet Union Is Gone, but the Young Yearn for Socialism ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
AFGHANISTAN
The U.S. Government Lied For Two Decades About Afghanistan ([link removed])
by Glenn Greenwald
SubStack
Why US Foreign Clients Collapse – and Collapse Fast ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
Antiwar.com
At Empire’s End ([link removed])
by Matt Purple
American Conservative
The Only Winner in Afghanistan Was America’s Military Industrial Complex ([link removed])
by Jon D. Elder
Los Angeles Times
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul Has Fallen – But Don’t Blame Biden ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
Afghanistan Slides Into The Abyss ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
American Conservative
Afghanistan: We Never Learn ([link removed])
by Matt Taibbi
TK News
Now, About That Peace Dividend … ([link removed])
by Thomas L. Knapp
Garrison Center
Make No Mistake, the US Military Will Continue to Thrive After Afghanistan ([link removed])
by Douglas Macgregor
Responsible Statecraft
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