America is Fucked

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    There's a factor in the shockingly fast fall of Afghanistan that I don't think anyone in the Biden admin considered, which is that the US has more than a few major, existential debates looming over the popular discourse right now.

    Climate change, the census and its ramifications, the ongoing pandemic issues and the ideas of governance that are being debated alongside them - to have a 20-year international failure dropped right in the middle is just a bad call.

    I'm sure it was meant for theatrics - the same way "70% by July 4" was going to signal America's re-opening, instead we have a national clusterfuck of outbreaks alongside the chances that 9/11 will feature the burning of the US embassy in Kabul.

    The general US population has been under such psychological strain for more than a few years now, I'm not sure how much more it can stand and the politicians are showing absolutely no regard for what could be considered the only thing keeping this country actually together - the resilience of the citizens to not lose it completely.

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    • same ol', same ol'

      It should never have happened. There was never a "good" time to pull out. Everyone has known that.      formed
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