{"id":18396,"date":"2021-08-16T06:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18396"},"modified":"2021-08-16T06:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:57:52","slug":"overnight-news-the-fall-of-kabul-a-bad-day-for-the-world-or-a-great-day-for-the-war-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18396\/overnight-news-the-fall-of-kabul-a-bad-day-for-the-world-or-a-great-day-for-the-war-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: The Fall of Kabul: A bad day for the world or a great day for The War\u00a0Party?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cReal estate is kids and dogs. If they\u2019re not safe, you\u2019re not\u00a0wise.\u201d<\/p><\/div>To my chagrin, I was for this war, when it started. I believed the bullshit about ‘democracy building’ and I agreed that you cannot negotiate with bullies until you disabuse them of bullying.<\/p>\n

I was wrong about America’s resolve, obviously, but I was wrong as such in the way that Donald Trump was very right: Bullies will be obliterated, but you can screw up your own countries however you like, provided the trade routes stay open. How right was he? Until yesterday, Islamofascist terrorism has not been news since the vaporization Soleimani. Until yesterday, U.S. forces had been free of casualties in Afghanistan for four years.<\/p>\n

You can peruse Buck Phiden<\/a> to quarry all the dark veins my mind can mine, but two stand out today:<\/p>\n

First, the actual target is Taiwan \u2013 and please do recall that the purpose of ‘shock and awe’ was to put China out of the war business. That worked great. America’s well-advertised fecklessness leaves Taipei completely fecked \u2013 which may make Red China’s rivers run red.<\/p>\n

And second, China Joe just rearmed Islamofascist terrorism \u2013 just when Trump almost had Paleo Islam’s head back up its ass, where it belongs. The War Party is tabulating its replacement orders this morning, but nothing sells weapons like more war \u2013 and Sleepy Joe, sellout or somnolent, just bought us a lot more war.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

PJMedia.com:<\/strong> Yes, There Are Victims in the Government’s Eviction Moratorium.<\/a><\/p>\n

Redfin.com:<\/strong> Homebuyer Bidding-War Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since January.<\/a><\/p>\n

City Journal:<\/strong> Please Don\u2019t Feed the Businesses.<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Post:<\/strong> President Biden will own the fall of Kabul \u2013 when the real killing begins.<\/a><\/p>\n

Angelo Codevilla:<\/strong> The Silence of the Shepherds.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cReal estate is kids and dogs. If they\u2019re not safe, you\u2019re not\u00a0wise.\u201dTo my chagrin, I was for this war, when it started. I believed the bullshit about ‘democracy building’ and I agreed that you cannot negotiate with bullies until you disabuse them of bullying. I was wrong about America’s resolve, obviously, but I was wrong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2984,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2984\/a-pocket-example-of-the-practical-value-of-living-by-abstract-principle-i-do-not-compromise-with-bullies-and-i-would-rather-spend-fifty-thousand-dollars-on-defense-than-give-you-a-dollar-of-unmerit\/","url_meta":{"origin":18396,"position":0},"title":"The practical value of living by abstract principle: “I do not compromise with bullies and I would rather spend fifty thousand dollars on defense than give you a dollar of unmerited settlement funds.”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Why is hewing to abstract principle, which is so often derided as being \"impractical\", in fact the most practical course of action you can take? 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Sometimes my calm demeanor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":748,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/748\/louis-vuitton-and-the-french-revolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":18396,"position":3},"title":"Louis Vuitton and the French Revolution","author":"Kris Berg","date":"December 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Louis Vuitton and the French Revolution. That is what my daughter told me she would be learning about in her high school European History class. Right war, wrong Louis. On the morning after the Zillow news, I had my own knee-jerk reaction. I subsequently took it upon myself to contact\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9538,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9538\/pardon-me-sir-but-have-you-seen-the-special-on-grey-poupon-at-wal-mart\/","url_meta":{"origin":18396,"position":4},"title":"“Pardon me sir, but have you seen the special on Grey Poupon at Wal Mart?”","author":"John Rowles","date":"August 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Buy the T-Shirt at Cafe Press! Yep, that's a Rolls Royce Phantom (2008 MSRP $340,000) in the parking lot of the Newport RI Wal Mart captured with my phone on Saturday. The headline is my best shot at a caption (YouTube has the old Grey Poupon commercial). 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