Tired of winning yet? Some excerpts from Joe Biden´s speech announcing the end of the war in Afghanistan.
When the Soviet Union withdrew in 1989, the event heralded the end of the Soviet empire. It was gone by 1991. Now, the US withdraws from the same Allah-forsaken country. Does this mean that the American empire will be gone by 2023? Biden sounds pathetic when he promises continued confrontation with China and Russia. Yeah, whatever, Joe. Come to think of it, Biden is just as half-dead as Chernenko, and just as weak as Gorbachev.
Afghanistan is CURSED. Now, both superpowers have died trying to conquer that particular territory. Had I been a Maoist, I would have been almost impressed!
There are many lessons to learn here. One seems to be the limitations of modern warfare. After all, ancient empires had no problem taking Aghanistan. Remember Alexander the Great and Bactria? Or the Persians? Or the Muslims? So how come the USSR and the USA failed? Another, even more important lesson: don´t let the Deep State take over your foreign policy, don´t arm Muslim fundamentalists, don´t do - you know - 9/11 and shit. Like that wasn´t an inside job. Lesson three might be Samuel Huntington- multipolar world - something something. I don´t think Amerik(w)a is in any shape or form ready to confront the Russian Federation or the PRC. They probably can´t even conquer Grenada at this point.
Final thing: ironic that Biden talks about "girls" in the second video clip, since he no longer knows what a "girl" is. You know, locker rooms and stuff. But sure, if the United States accepts Japan, India and ´Nam as equal partners, I suppose they *might* be able to confront China (Aussie don´t count no more). Who knows, maybe Silicon Valley can escape unionization by off shoring itself to New Delhi...
But I´m digressing. Tired of winning yet?
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