The last word on Afghanistan goes to … Brie Joy.

Imperialism or Isolationism: Is There No Alternative? *

A really smart woman with an eye for picking really smart guests. So much more thoughtful and palatable than the BoyTubers with similar views. And maybe most importantly, so much soul, so much heart.

She boldly brings up the Marianne mess and takes it for granted that MW was off, but acting in good faith.

Her mind is our tenuous hope.

* Another Invidious link. I’ll try to post the titles verbatim, so that they’re easy to search out on YT over time–in case you prefer to sip that platform direct for some reason, or for when the proxy goes down in the short or long term. (Google/Alpahbet has a long history of trying to quietly crush any projects like this one that try to circumvent their profit model.)