Foggy Bottom Weighs In

[Jolly]

Taliban should put women in the government.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anthony-blinken-speaks-on-the-fall-of-kabul

[George K]

Priorities.

[Mik]

"He(Price) argued that even though the U.S. military would withdraw from Afghanistan, American forces achieved the goal of the operation: to "decimate the network that conceived of and launched" the September 11, 2001 attacks. "

Really? They were so decimated that they took the entire country in a week.

[Copper]

He did not say how the Taliban could convince the U.S. government that it has reformed itself in this way.

Re-introduce CRT and gender studies in all schools for a start.

[Axtremus]

@mik said in Foggy Bottom Weighs In:

They were so decimated that they took the entire country in a week.

"They" took most of the country well before the week began.

[Loki]

I think the Taliban suggested such before Blinken weighed in.

Not that it’s credible but on the other hand why would anyone believe anything Blinken says at this point? I think his sources of info are worse than the farmers almanac.

[Aqua Letifer]

@loki said in Foggy Bottom Weighs In:

I think the Taliban suggested such before Blinken weighed in.

Not that it’s credible but on the other hand why would anyone believe anything Blinken says at this point? I think his sources of info are worse than the farmers almanac.

Baghdad Blinken.

[Doctor Phibes]

@mik said in Foggy Bottom Weighs In:

"He(Price) argued that even though the U.S. military would withdraw from Afghanistan, American forces achieved the goal of the operation: to "decimate the network that conceived of and launched" the September 11, 2001 attacks. "

As a scholar of history, he knows that "decimate" actually means "reduce by 10%".