mr president will you please show all your cards https://t.co/WWIkEMis2c
— kilgore trout, terminal hiccups patient (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 25, 2021
(Except, y’know, Peter Alexander’s exceedingly stupid question… )
Taliban committed to post-deadline safe passage, US says https://t.co/4Tw6HnyzK0
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 25, 2021
It’s very much in the Taliban’s interest to get every godsdamned American out of Afghanistan, ASAP. It’s very much in America’s interest to insist that we’ll get every American out, preferably before next Tuesday’s deadline. That’s why I’m assuming (hoping) twitter rando Kilgore Trout is correct:
here’s the simple calculus: the taliban could get bored with this any time and decide to shell the airport or shoot down planes or start horrific public executions or atrocities. but they’re not doing it now, and that’s only because they just want us to take our shit and leave
— kilgore trout, terminal hiccups patient (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 24, 2021
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