“Among the many parallels being offered between Afghanistan and the Vietnam War, one of the most disturbing concerns inadequate examination of core assumptions.”

by Will · September 16, 2009

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North in reply to Saul Degraw on The Mandate That Wasn’tVery interesting. If I had to guess someone figured out that there was no way in God(ess?)'s green e…
Patrick in reply to John Puccio on The Mandate That Wasn’tThe sort of pedantic dude who is going to pull out Merriam Webster for the sole purpose of having a…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024Over in 1 day!
John Puccio in reply to Patrick on The Mandate That Wasn’tNot sure how it's helpful to a discussion to resort to name calling, but if you don't consider winni…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024I think we are probably in the final posturing phase before Trump takes over the presidency.
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024Now *there's* a demonstration. Think Vlad's crazy enough to do it?
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024That ethics report on Gaetz must have been really nasty.
Saul Degraw on The Mandate That Wasn’tGaetz withdraws his nomination: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/21/us/trump-gaetz-news
Patrick in reply to John Puccio on The Mandate That Wasn’tI mean, this is semantically true in the dictionary sense but also not at all true in the vernacular…
CJColucci in reply to DensityDuck on The Mandate That Wasn’tThis. if we want to go back to situations other than those we found ourselves in, we can stipulate t…