September 2021
“America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, left a trail of destruction in its wake. We just observed the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and what do we say? ‘Never forget,’ which is a powerful and necessary sentiment, and it’s true. But if I’m honest, I think we need to expand on what ‘never forget’ means. I also feel like we should never forget how easily our fear can drive us to do horrible things to other human beings. As terrible as the recent US drone strike in Afghanistan that the New York Times reported accidentally killed 10 civilians, including seven children, what’s even more terrible is that when you look back at the 20 years of the war, there’s absolutely nothing unique about it. At one point in the war, America and its allies were killing more civilians than the Taliban – a huge failure on the part of America. I mean, if you’re killing more civilians than the Taliban, what’s the point of being there? Like, if you’re trying to catch the Candyman but you’re killing more people than he is, at some point people are just gonna be like, ‘All right, we’re just gonna stick with the Candyman.’” —Trevor Noah
“What makes it worse is that nobody ever seems to face any consequences for these deaths. There’s no other job in the world where you can just accidentally kill innocent people and then show up the next day like nothing happened. In fact, the war in Afghanistan was something most Americans did forget, while it was happening. To most people in America, this war became like when you forget Netflix is on, and they have to pop up that little thing like, ‘Yo, are you still alive?’ But the Afghan people did not forget about the war, especially as thousands of innocent people lost loved ones to American drone strikes. And lest Americans forget the financial cost, the war cost $300 Million a day for 20 years. Forget about schools and hospitals – for $300 Million a day, America could’ve made a new Fast & Furious movie every day for 20 years.” —Trevor Noah
https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html
“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night
of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”