America’s Abandonment of its Afghani Allies is Preceded by a Long Line of Unforgivable Betrayals
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By David Gottfried It appears that Afghans who saved our lives are being left to the tender mercies of the Taliban. Our abandonment of those brave men and women is the latest in a long line of betrayals committed by Americans in foreign policy. I once knew a Tea Party nincompoop who said to me, apropos of nothing, that America was so good to the world, forever fighting for everybody’s rights while the entire godless world spat on America. Although this tea party cretin was subject to great gusts of hysterical emotion and forever feeling put upon by “all them no good foreigners,” she really spoke for most of her American countrymen. While most Americans do not speak with the passion of tea party or Trumpian fruitcakes, they essentially believe what most people in the tea and trumpets party say. As Alexis de Tocqueville said, Americans are so certain of America’s nobility and purity that they never question America and, consequently, can be easily deceived by America.
America’s Abandonment of its Afghani Allies is Preceded by a Long Line of Unforgivable Betrayals
America’s Abandonment of its Afghani Allies…
America’s Abandonment of its Afghani Allies is Preceded by a Long Line of Unforgivable Betrayals
By David Gottfried It appears that Afghans who saved our lives are being left to the tender mercies of the Taliban. Our abandonment of those brave men and women is the latest in a long line of betrayals committed by Americans in foreign policy. I once knew a Tea Party nincompoop who said to me, apropos of nothing, that America was so good to the world, forever fighting for everybody’s rights while the entire godless world spat on America. Although this tea party cretin was subject to great gusts of hysterical emotion and forever feeling put upon by “all them no good foreigners,” she really spoke for most of her American countrymen. While most Americans do not speak with the passion of tea party or Trumpian fruitcakes, they essentially believe what most people in the tea and trumpets party say. As Alexis de Tocqueville said, Americans are so certain of America’s nobility and purity that they never question America and, consequently, can be easily deceived by America.