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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The legal tools and above all pervasive, government‐​abetted mindset of fear and constant threat created in the wake of 9/11 are on the verge of becoming permanent realities of American life. If that happens, we may still be able to call this place the United States of America, but we will no longer be able to call it the Republic of the United States of America.

Patrick G. Eddington, "Twilight of Liberty: 9/11’s Legacy" [2021]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

September 2, 2021
Crocodile Tears for Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Interventionist dead-enders are crying crocodile tears over the Taliban’s defeat of the Pentagon and the CIA in Afghanistan because, they say, women’s rights are not likely to be protected by the Taliban.  Oh?  Well, now let’s see. According to the Watson Institute at Brown University, civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 to date exceed 70,000 people. 
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