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Rand Paul (R-KY) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Paul skewers Cheney over Afghanistan

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a news conference after visiting the Holocaust Museum, outside the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2021. Greene repeatedly apologized for comparing coronavirus pandemic precautions to the oppression of Jewish people by Nazi Germany. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

MTG threatens Biden with impeachment

Joe Biden, the COVID-19 vaccine and the January 6th Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden's task: Make America Grow Up

Amanda Marcotte

Lauren Boebert, Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Woke" military blamed for Taliban

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

CNN mocks Ted "Cancun" Cruz after attack

In this White House handout, U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (off-camera) hold a video conference with the national security team to discuss the ongoing efforts to draw down our civilian footprint in Afghanistan August 16, 2021 at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. In addition, the President and Vice President were briefed on the earthquake in Haiti. (White House via Getty Images)

No, Biden didn't "lose" Afghanistan

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Ilhan Omar calls for Afghan refugee aid

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he gives remarks on the worsening crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House August 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden cut his vacation in Camp David short to address the nation as the Taliban have seized control in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. is set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The questions Biden didn't answer

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. (Getty Images/Win McNamee)

Lauren Boebert jokes about dead Afghans

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Pompeo pressed by Fox on Taliban deal

(Getty/Joe Raedle/Chris Hondros)

Ally blames Trump for Taliban takeover

Alex Henderson - Alternet

President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting at the Trump International Hotel on February 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

RNC deletes page praising withdrawal

Zachary Petrizzo

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cheney: Trump "set all this in motion"

Donald Trump Jr. (Getty Images/Twitter/Salon)

Don Jr. "gloating" over Afghanistan

Afghan security forces patrol in Kabul on Aug. 15. In a statement, the Taliban said they do not intend to enter Kabul "by force or war, but to negotiate with the other side to enter peacefully." (Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

After 20 years, Taliban is back

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

Soldiers from Afghan Security forces travel on a armed vehicle along a road in Panjshir province of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. (AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

20 years of war, up in smoke

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan president flees country, Taliban

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

A B-52 drops an X-15 rocket plane after carrying it to launching altitude for a test flight (Dean Conger/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bombing Afghan cities: Final failure

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Syrian Kurdish refugees walk with their belongings after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town of Kobani on September 26, 2014 near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. (Stringer/Getty Images)

Our hypocrisy on "human rights"

Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March 2, 2020. - The Taliban said on March 2 they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan exit: End of the American empire?

Pakistani tribesmen hold up a placard of alleged drone strike victims during a protest in Islamabad on February 25, 2012, against the US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region. The protesters demanded an immediate end to drone attacks and compensation for those who lost relatives or property, as well as condemning this week's burning of Korans at a US-run base in neighbouring Afghanistan. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Drone whistleblower, in his own words

In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Out of Afghanistan at last — now Iraq?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Infantrymen of the US 8th Army pour ashore in the Subic Bay area of Luzon Island in the northern Philippines, en route to Manila during World War II. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Unraveling of the American empire

A US soldier holds the national flag ahead of a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand on April 29, 2017. US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand April 29, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO's combat mission ended in 2014, as embattled Afghan security forces struggle to beat back the resurgent Taliban. The deployment of some 300 Marines to the poppy-growing southern province came one day after the militants announced the launch of their "spring offensive", and as the Trump administration seeks to craft a new strategy in Afghanistan. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Out of Afghanistan? Nope, not exactly

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