John Egelkrout
Aug 20, 2021

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A really great summary of the Taliban! What do I think will happen? The Taliban will be the Taliban. Asking them to be different than they are would be like asking conservative evangelicals to support abortion rights. In my mind's eye I keep seeing images of the Khmer Rouge entering Phnom Penh in Cambodia, or the US hastily evacuating Saigon and the helicopters falling into the ocean, and the resettlement of the Hmong around here after the Pathet Lao took over in Laos. We keep doing the same thing and expecting different results, and we all know what that is.

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John Egelkrout
John Egelkrout

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I am a sanity-curious former teacher who writes about politics, social issues, memoirs, and a variety of other topics. You can also follow me on Substack.

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