America’s trillion-dollar Afghan fiasco typifies its foreign policy

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I read this post and it opened a further door into the philosophy of The Economist. I had read a few articles during a busy 73 yrs of repeated disillusionment. Though rare, each was quite thought provoking. Being an ordinary person, interested in history & politics, I had never really understood this repeating pattern of US "foreign policy failures", of interventions gone so wrong. A foreign policy of duplicity, almost exclusively self-interested, ill-informed and tragic. Yes, it is informed by a persistent isolationism (I feel that way sometimes), the shouting of America First !! (Trump won on the shit) and the never-ending hypocrisy & delusions of politicians, the American People, the Generals, and even those hapless other Nations of the World, hoping the USA will find its true Greatness. And what is that if not the opportunity to lead, someday realizing its still hollow claims to Greatness. haha. Kidding. Not having read The Economist, except rarely, I looked for the byline. It said Lexington. But who was Lexington? I further found out that articles are anonymous, being written by Lexington, Banyan, Bagehot, etc. While I did run to ground the current Lexington, that person may not have worked alone on this essay. I like that. It's not likely that I will $ub$cribe. Here are some options to read, archive.is outline.com both for free. Also, here is an explanation of the thinking behind not naming the authors. You may know all of this, which I found so interesting, but it was news to me. This is just a Sunday morning meander. If you read to the end, thank you for your patience and have a good day. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306422016670345.

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I read this post and it opened a further door into the philosophy of The Economist. I had read a few articles during a busy 73 yrs of repeated disillusionment. Though rare, each was quite thought provoking. Being an ordinary person, interested in history & politics, I had never really understood this repeating pattern of US "foreign policy failures", of interventions gone so wrong. A foreign policy of duplicity, almost exclusively self-interested, ill-informed and tragic. Yes, it is informed by a persistent isolationism (I feel that way sometimes), the shouting of America First !! (Trump won on the shit) and the never-ending hypocrisy & delusions of politicians, the American People, the Generals, and even those hapless other Nations of the World, hoping the USA will find its true Greatness. And what is that if not the opportunity to lead, someday realizing its still hollow claims to Greatness. haha. Kidding. Not having read The Economist, except rarely, I looked for the byline. It said Lexington. But who was Lexington? I further found out that articles are anonymous, being written by Lexington, Banyan, Bagehot, etc. While I did run to ground the current Lexington, that person may not have worked alone on this essay. I like that. It's not likely that I will $ub$cribe. Here are some options to read, archive.is outline.com both for free. Also, here is an explanation of the thinking behind not naming the authors. You may know all of this, which I found so interesting, but it was news to me. This is just a Sunday morning meander. If you read to the end, thank you for your patience and have a good day. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306422016670345.

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