If Trump announced he was doubling forces in Syria and Afghanistan, most Democrats and Republicans -- absent a handful of soreheads -- would be tripping over each others' feet racing to praise this regrettable, unfortunate but necessary move. Should he actually go through with both withdrawals, they'll be in a race to see who can impeach him.
8. There is a real possibility Trump will withdraw forces from Afghanistan and use Erik Prince’s forces. This must be opposed ferociously. 9. One consequence of major drawdowns could be a dramatic uptick in covert actions and air strikes. Obama embraced that model.
HALO Effect Originally shared by Noah Friedman This is how automation is probably going to kill us all: tell a computer to optimize for something and it will. (This observation is just a variation on the nanotech grey goo problem.)
The Service Economy I've also been there, done that, only with much less fear for my life. via Meep https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c0ea571e4b06484c9fd4c21?ec_carp
I was about to post the same link!
ReplyDeleteIf Trump announced he was doubling forces in Syria and Afghanistan, most Democrats and Republicans -- absent a handful of soreheads -- would be tripping over each others' feet racing to praise this regrettable, unfortunate but necessary move. Should he actually go through with both withdrawals, they'll be in a race to see who can impeach him.
8. There is a real possibility Trump will withdraw forces from Afghanistan and use Erik Prince’s forces. This must be opposed ferociously.
ReplyDelete9. One consequence of major drawdowns could be a dramatic uptick in covert actions and air strikes. Obama embraced that model.