{"id":10526,"date":"2017-08-21T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10526"},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:43:37","slug":"trumps-afghanistan-speech-selling-used-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/trumps-afghanistan-speech-selling-used-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Afghanistan Speech: Hustling Used Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tricky-dick-used-carnage-national-lampoon-book-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10527\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tricky-dick-used-carnage-national-lampoon-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tricky-dick-used-carnage-national-lampoon-book-cover.jpg 446w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tricky-dick-used-carnage-national-lampoon-book-cover-89x150.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s speech on Afghanistan this evening reminded me of this book cover from the early 1970s.\u00a0 This was probably some of the first political humor which I relished.\u00a0 <em>National Lampoon<\/em> was much more reliable on Nixon&#8217;s foreign policy than was the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my running commentary via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard\/posts\/10212304933971884?comment_id=10212305033734378&amp;reply_comment_id=10212305237339468&amp;notif_t=feed_comment&amp;notif_id=1503367488848112\">Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>So Trump will speak in a few minutes on his solution for Afghanistan. I am on the edge of my chair, waiting to see if he forever banishes my cynicism about politicians. It&#8217;s always a bad sign when a speech is given to a military audience &#8211; nobody can hoot or jeer without ruining their career.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*B<span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">ummed that Trump is not wearing his solar eclipse glasses.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* \u00a0 <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">&#8220;a wound inflicted on one part of our community is wound to all&#8221; &#8211; oh Lordie<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>*\u00a0 \u00a0<span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Third time for 9\/11. What is the betting odds for the final # of mentions?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>*\u00a0 \u00a0 <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">&#8220;big and intricate problems&#8221; &#8211; damn, if only we had known<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">&#8220;We will learn from history&#8221; &#8211; WHOOP WHOOP<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">&#8220;a successful outcome&#8221; &#8211; which means WTH in Afghanistan?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* \u00a0<span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Personally, I have never been inspired by laundry lists.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* \u00a0 <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Lifting restrictions on U.S. military attacks &#8211; what could go wrong?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* \u00a0<span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">promising &#8220;economic development&#8221; in Afghanistan &#8211; is he plagiarizing GWBush?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>* <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Talking about the need for Afghan political reforms &#8211; what a crock. 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