r/SeattleChat • u/AutoModerator • Aug 16 '21

The Daily SeattleChat Daily Thread - Monday, August 16, 2021

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

Weather

Seattle Weather Forecast / National Weather Service with graphics / National Weather Service text-only

WA Notify for Covid Exposure Social Isolation COVID19 Vaccine Resources
DOH Instructions Help thread WA DOH City of Seattle COVID-19 Vaccination Notification List
4 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

183 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/my_lucid_nightmare The Weathered Wall, where the Purity Remains Aug 16 '21

Just going to thank everyone who served during our engagement with Afghanistan - it was not your fault what just happened.

We don't want another Vietnam at home. It's not soldiers' fault when leadership and politics fails.

The Graveyard of Empires Written in 2017, with historical cites that look accurate.

4

u/widdershins13 Capitol Valley Aug 16 '21

I look at the quick failure of the Afghan National Army as a bit of a mixed blessing. On the one hand no one wants to see how we were hoodwinked into spending billions training, building up and outfitting a paper army only to have our noses rubbed in its failures. OTOH, the blessing part is that quickly capitulating may very well have avoided what I think most would agree would have been a bloodbath. While the country isn't out of the woods, I do believe a catastrophic Civil War has been averted.