The US had 100,000 soldiers deployed at peak. This year has seen them withdraw their final 3,500. That seems fairly gradual to me. (View Post)

Well yes, this is purely about hitting Trump buzzwords, not saving lives. (View Post)

Read the Ed McBain 87th precinct books. First one's were written and released in the 50s, last one in the 2000s. Always set in "the now". It is basically a perfect look at the changing atti… (View Post)

The first mistake people make when trying to analyse Afghanistan is assuming that it is a single coherent country that can be conquered/occupied rather than a patch work of poorly connected valleys a… (View Post)

NZ (and Aus) dealt with Covid brilliantly up until the the point vaccines were available at which point they have utterly fucked it up on an epic scale. (View Post)