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326 w/ Eli Lake "Afghan Withdrawal, Pandemic Surrender, Daddy Issues"

The Fifth Column

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The Cost of the Stalagmatism in Afghanistan

I would argue that when Biden took office, there was a kind of stalemate in Afghanistan and he was impatient with a stalemate and basically chose a total catastrophe. I'm willing to concede a lot of the corruption and flaws and weakness that is this hell of Afghanistan. But I just think the status quo from three weeks ago is much better than what we have now.

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