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im gonna be so generous for a moment

do i regret my personal judgement call re: afghanistan

like as a chick in a house who gets to have opinions on the news and gets to think about what i would have done if these calls were mine to make

no i dont regret deciding that if it were me i would take the loss and leave afghanistan

from here 2025 do i regret that? again, as a chick in a house for making that personal determination im of course allowed to make as every person on this planet is

no i dont regret it

to me it was and still is the right choice

there may be a time it isnt

and i regret it

but as of the present, i dont

i still stand by that being the right call

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nobody 3mo ago

i do like to people please

i do want people to be happy

i am sorry that was a deeply unpopular choice

i am sorry it hurt morale

morale is really important

it isnt a shallow thing

i wouldnt damage it lightly

i am sorry to everyone in afghanistan suffering

this divorce was a necessary one

nobody 3mo ago

^=> gaming it out those are my feelings

like in the position of: my choice inside a wargame simulation thing

nobody 3mo ago

to ever make any veteran feel like they fought and died for nothing

got injured for nothing

are forever altered unable to fix it for nothing

lost a limb for nothing

cos there is no clear "win" for america to say: we did it ~for~ this

is gravely gravely gravely gravely serious

nobody 3mo ago

to me, it wasnt for "nothing"

but people are owed far more respect that a propaganda soundbite reason

patience is what i can say

wait and see

nobody 3mo ago

i will also be waiting to see

all i can see is that i stand by it still

the answers are the work of historians

finding those answers, making their own calls, situating decisions in larger narratives and context

nobody 3mo ago

i forget the name of the book off the top of my head and i cant text my friend this early in the morning. the one who recommended it to me. so il circle back, i know i shared it before

a book about how ww1 was the first war where people were writing history on top of it while it was happening

nobody 3mo ago

reader: from the bottom of my heart

this is ~not~ how history works

nobody 3mo ago

history needs perspective and time

that is why the rules in /askhistorians reddit are what they are

nobody 3mo ago

generally speaking, anything more recent than that is propaganda or at least, agenda. as in: what people are writing about they have a stake in seeing that way. that compromises their objectivity.