Althouse: 6:11 a.m.

September 10, 2021

6:11 a.m.

10 comments:

Howard said...: I love the vibes from Morning Glass; 9/10/21, 1:50 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Not all trolls are born, most trolls are made.

Check out this r/AskReddit post: "People who are going to actively avoid 9/11 anniversary content this weekend, what are your plans?" - My answer: Brush up on Sharia.

I mean, what else could I do?

Don't answer that.; 9/10/21, 3:10 PM
Dave Begley said...: Marine Cpl. Daegen Page's remains returned to Omaha today.

I watched the funeral procession on an overpass over Interstate 80. There were at least 300 people there, two fire trucks and about 20 flags. One woman was crying.

Thousands of people throughout the city lined the streets and roads from the airport.

Mixed emotions. Pride that people turned out but angry at this unnecessary death due to the idiot Joe Biden. Very sad for the parents. He was three years younger than my youngest.; 9/10/21, 3:44 PM
Gilbert Pinfold said...: Biden's brain is as smooth as water--he droned an aid worker and 10 other people including children based upon "intelligence" given the U.S. by the Taliban--late Friday news drop, as detailed in the NYT.; 9/10/21, 3:49 PM
WK said...: Thank you for the recent recommendation/mention of the “History of Rock Music in 500 Songs” podcast. It has been a nice distraction from some of the more politically themed podcasts. Although I do find myself spending time on YouTube tracking down songs and performances that are mentioned only peripherally. Appreciate having something new to listen to.; 9/10/21, 4:10 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Reminds me of the beautiful Wisconsin mornings that I enjoyed for so many years. It is the time of year when the warm days of summer are ending and you can already feel the fall, and the winter not so far behind. And a few months of that crispy air, and the occasional lovely sunny mid-winter day.

Now I live in the southwest, and this is the time of year we await: the heat is ending, the next few months will be spent outdoors. This time of year, the sunrises/sunsets are similar in the north and the south. But I'm not nearly good enough with a camera to capture either, the way Althouse captures the sunrise for us. Thank you, Professor.; 9/10/21, 4:55 PM
Phaedrus said...: Nicely done! The colors are fantastic!; 9/10/21, 5:18 PM
Kai Akker said...: They did the overnight rally out of Tokyo and Europe but when Wall Street opened, the sellers really socked it to them.; 9/10/21, 7:51 PM
StephenFearby said...: Hot Air
ED MORRISSEY September 10

Obama-era ambassador to Afghanistan: Biden pulled the plumbing out of the Afghan army in his withdrawal

'Did Joe Biden engineer the collapse of Afghanistan? Karl Eikenberry should know. He served as Barack Obama’s ambassador to Afghanistan for two years, from 2009-2011...In an interview with the BBC today, Eikenberry said that the rapid collapse of Afghanistan shouldn’t have surprised anyone, least of all the Pentagon or Joe Biden.

We had built the Afghan army to be highly dependent on American support, Eikenberry explains. Yanking that support, especially as suddenly as Biden did it, essentially “pulled the plumbing” out of the army and led to its immediate collapse: [Video]

Interestingly, there seems to be little interest in Eikenberry’s remarks. No one has picked up on them other than the BBC itself, at least as of this writing (~12:45 ET). That seems surpassingly strange, given Eikenberry’s service as both ambassador to Afghanistan as well as his two tours in Afghanistan as a general, the second as the commander of American forces in Afghanistan. If anyone understands how the US built the Afghan army, it’s Eikenberry.

So why hasn’t any US media outlet bothered to look up Eikenberry and ask him the same question?'

"...That raises the question of whether Joe Biden created the collapse out of incompetence or malice. Hanlon’s Razor applies here, but we should also refer back to Holbrooke’s diary as well. It’s not just incompetence that drove Biden’s preferred policy of total withdrawal, which he tried to implement as far back as 2009. In 2010, Biden angrily refused to consider whether the US had any interest in the plight of Afghans:

The commander-in-chief allegedly made the callous remark back in 2010 when he was vice president, while speaking to US diplomat Richard Holbrooke.

At the time, Biden reportedly was arguing that the US should leave Afghanistan despite the humanitarian costs, including the potential erosion of women’s rights.

“F–k that. We don’t have to worry about that,” he allegedly told Holbrooke. “We did it in Vietnam. Nixon and Kissinger got away with it.”'

https://tinyurl.com/kdt9e792

"We had built the Afghan army to be highly dependent on American support."

With the military-industrial complex contractors drinking from the trough of the billions of dollars that was spent.; 9/10/21, 9:18 PM
DLH said...: Gorgeous pic as always, I love this time of year. Why are there never boats in your photos? Just curious, I would think now would be prime fishing season or maybe Madison restricts the fishing rights or maybe no boat ramps? Always enjoy the photos; 9/10/21, 10:31 PM