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The title is a quote from a novel by Geogette Heyer. The main character was a disabled vet of the Peninsula Wars (Napoleon’s forays) and his wife was the daughter of s self-made successful businessman. Napoleon had escaped his jailers and reformed his army, and then set about retaking the continent. The soldier’s father-in-law was in London when Wellington (over in Belgium) called for a retreat. He sent for his son-in-law, and referred to it as “a damned rout”, while the soldier countered that by saying that Wellington was always at his best during a retreat.<\/p>\n
We are now in the middle of a damned rout that did not have to happen. And I blame one man only for it.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-kabul-taliban-04f785ce7964636f8625914974331c00<\/a><\/p>\n From the AP article:\u00a0 Gunfire broke out early Monday near an entrance to the airport, where at least seven Afghans died a day earlier in a panicked stampede of thousands of people.<\/p>\n Navy Capt. William Urban, a U.S. military spokesman, said an unknown assailant shot at Afghan security forces at the airport\u2019s northern gate, leading Afghan, U.S. and allied troops to open fire in response. He said an Afghan soldier was killed and several Afghans were wounded.<\/p>\n An Italian humanitarian organization that operates hospitals in Afghanistan said it treated six patients with bullet wounds from the airport.<\/p>\n There was no comment from the Taliban, who in recent days have fired warning shots and lashed out with batons to try to control crowds swelling into the thousands outside the airport. \u2013 article<\/p>\n Lindsey Graham also had a few things to say about this debacle:\u00a0 https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/25\/lindsey-graham-says-biden-should-be-impeached-over-afghanistan-withdrawal\/<\/a><\/p>\n More and more political animals of both parties in the Swamp are voicing their disapproval of Braindead Old Fart’s mishandling of this. It is, as the soldier’s father-in-law said, a damned rout.<\/p>\n To quote one of our own, rabid howler monkeys could do a better job.<\/p>\n No matter how much he and his cronies try to blame it all on dTrump, it’s the Guy In Charge when it happens that gets the blame.\u00a0 All that sorry asshole had to do was keep his babbling, blabbering mouth shut.<\/p>\n