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The article makes good points about the difference between Syrian and Afghan societies but the Taliban waited 2 years before fully flexing. Also, what Syrian civil society?!

This has US/Is fingerprints all over it.

In my mind, this eerily similar script is a mark of US interference. The Taliban came down hard this past summer.

I like how Biden is under fire for pardoning his son (garden variety corruption) but not for aiding and abetting genocide. Also, liberals: Obama deported far more people than Trump 1.0.