"a senior adviser to Bush told journalist Ron Suskind that people like him—Suskind—were in “the reality-based community”: they believed people could find solutions based on their observations and careful study of discernible reality. But, the aide continued, such a worldview was obsolete. “That’s not the way the world really works anymor…
"a senior adviser to Bush told journalist Ron Suskind that people like him—Suskind—were in “the reality-based community”: they believed people could find solutions based on their observations and careful study of discernible reality. But, the aide continued, such a worldview was obsolete. “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.… We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality."
Well they certainly did create a reality. Just look at that reality: After at least $3 Trillion dollars and likely more like $8 Trillion, Donald Trump, a Republican, negotiated a surrender agreement with the Taliban that included releasing 5000 Taliban prisoners and the complete exit of the United States by May 1, 2021. An entirely unconditional surrender.
The very last event of that exit was a gigantic explosion killing 13 US soldiers, and, of course many, many more Afghans.
A reality that left 240,000 innocent Afghans dead for no reason at all.
A reality that left 2500 US soldiers dead for no reason at all.
A reality that everyone knew as a lie from the beginning because: Not a single attacker of the United States was from Afghanistan, not one.
A reality that even me, an engineer in a software organization with no political or historical experience knew was a mistake and its intent was entirely to enrich George W. Bush and his buddies in the military-industrial complex that HAVE won the Afghanistan "war".
America lost in Afghanistan but George W. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, with their ownership in many stocks of military contractors? Huge, huge winners.
Yes, Bush and his merry band of poor judgement good ole boys, all with silver foots in their mouths, with more hubris than brains, and more corruption than patriotism, created a reality alright.
They created an America where Americans lost....and became losers in our own eyes and the eyes of the world......in ever so many ways.
It’s all about the overseas money for GWB, ever since he got the drilling contract in Bahrain during Desert Storm. The Carlyle Group, Bechtel, Halliburton, Black Water, etc. All benefit from chaos.
I guess those boys had a patriotic need to spend down the surplus Clinton left them.
Not to be paranoid (they are watching me, aren't they?) but those folks are still out there picking the next target. Central Africa is a dandy place. Rife with ethnic and tribal conflict, full of natural resources, really no stable civic institutions since colonial days - hey and a great pace for the proxy war between Chyner and 'Merica. But wait there's more. They have different color skin.
Yes, this is snark but put it in a time capsule and pull it out like in 2025.
You’re absolutely right, Charlie. For that matter, why didn’t we get a committee to investigate the screwup in Niger that cost the lives of American soldiers? I wonder… How many are still there and in CAR, etc.?
After reading this piece, the statement ‘reality-based community’ and its observable solution base, in my mind, correlate with the ‘shadow docket’ solution premise of today’s Supreme Court.
"a senior adviser to Bush told journalist Ron Suskind that people like him—Suskind—were in “the reality-based community”: they believed people could find solutions based on their observations and careful study of discernible reality. But, the aide continued, such a worldview was obsolete. “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.… We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality."
Well they certainly did create a reality. Just look at that reality: After at least $3 Trillion dollars and likely more like $8 Trillion, Donald Trump, a Republican, negotiated a surrender agreement with the Taliban that included releasing 5000 Taliban prisoners and the complete exit of the United States by May 1, 2021. An entirely unconditional surrender.
The very last event of that exit was a gigantic explosion killing 13 US soldiers, and, of course many, many more Afghans.
A reality that left 240,000 innocent Afghans dead for no reason at all.
A reality that left 2500 US soldiers dead for no reason at all.
A reality that everyone knew as a lie from the beginning because: Not a single attacker of the United States was from Afghanistan, not one.
A reality that even me, an engineer in a software organization with no political or historical experience knew was a mistake and its intent was entirely to enrich George W. Bush and his buddies in the military-industrial complex that HAVE won the Afghanistan "war".
America lost in Afghanistan but George W. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, with their ownership in many stocks of military contractors? Huge, huge winners.
Yes, Bush and his merry band of poor judgement good ole boys, all with silver foots in their mouths, with more hubris than brains, and more corruption than patriotism, created a reality alright.
They created an America where Americans lost....and became losers in our own eyes and the eyes of the world......in ever so many ways.
It’s all about the overseas money for GWB, ever since he got the drilling contract in Bahrain during Desert Storm. The Carlyle Group, Bechtel, Halliburton, Black Water, etc. All benefit from chaos.
I guess those boys had a patriotic need to spend down the surplus Clinton left them.
Not to be paranoid (they are watching me, aren't they?) but those folks are still out there picking the next target. Central Africa is a dandy place. Rife with ethnic and tribal conflict, full of natural resources, really no stable civic institutions since colonial days - hey and a great pace for the proxy war between Chyner and 'Merica. But wait there's more. They have different color skin.
Yes, this is snark but put it in a time capsule and pull it out like in 2025.
You’re absolutely right, Charlie. For that matter, why didn’t we get a committee to investigate the screwup in Niger that cost the lives of American soldiers? I wonder… How many are still there and in CAR, etc.?
Greed. The bane of human existence.
After reading this piece, the statement ‘reality-based community’ and its observable solution base, in my mind, correlate with the ‘shadow docket’ solution premise of today’s Supreme Court.