*When Military Contractors Fund Their Own Pro-War Think Tanks.*

*Contrasting US Withdrawal From Afghanistan With Trump's Abrupt Departure From Syria.* A spectacular example of double standard.

A school board rejected gratis lunch for all children, because that way some children who are not quite as poor as others might receive help.

The Afghan state was corrupt in every activity — here are details.

Thus, hardly anyone wanted to fight (or do anything whatsoever) for that state as such — only to get in on the graft.

*US judge revokes mother’s right to visit son over her refusal to get Covid vaccine.*

Given that she has had a medical recommendation not to get the vaccine, her resistance is not mere obstinacy. So I am not convinced that it is correct to require her to do so.