{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "It should be pointed out that any application of military force to slow the Taliban advance would have meant that instead of...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/660014328233213952/", "html": "<p>It should be pointed out that any application of military force to slow the Taliban advance would have meant that instead of walking into towns they would have had to fight a war, and</p><ol><li>Regarding concerns for civilian quality of life, stability of resource flows, anything, war is <i>also</i> bad for that</li><li>Also &ldquo;surge&rdquo; for the purpose of strategic retreat is basically incoherent, it would be entering into a military action with the intent to lose, because trying to win would be the opposite of getting out of Afghanistan, which is what we decided to do</li></ol>"}