Friday, August 20, 2021

"Tho' All the World Betrays Thee"

















Thinking of the ignominious end of our doomed national effort in Afghanistan, with all its enormous humanitarian costs, I've been listening to the mournful Joe Strummer version of The Minstrel Boy:




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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 21, 2021 at 6:46 AM

    These people (this administration) think that this will go away and people will forget. They are wrong.

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  2. TSBAugust 21, 2021 at 11:02 AM

    I agree. This is shaping up to be a defining momment.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 26, 2021 at 8:47 AM

    This (the Afghanistan situation) definitely punctures their media image of being 10ft. tall.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 27, 2021 at 2:05 PM

    This would be appropriate:https://youtu.be/ysxlUmLOttQ

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  5. TSBAugust 27, 2021 at 3:06 PM

    Well, assuming someone is making a list on who has been naughty. That would be a long list.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 28, 2021 at 6:21 AM

    By the way the Anon comments are mine. You do seem to have a life beyond blogging ( extremely healthy).
    Sennacherib

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  7. TSBAugust 28, 2021 at 8:21 AM

    I figured! A life beyond blogging? No, only Twitter.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2021 at 7:12 PM

    A considered reply to the Left:https://youtu.be/Z-C6p-GwHfA
    Sennacherib

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