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Peter's out this week, so it's a Lileks and Long show. But we wouldn't want to be without a Hoover man. Our guest is Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, whose decades of service in the Middle East make him the perfect man to help us make what little sense we can of the hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan. (And be sure to check out his piece in the Wall Street Journal.) The guys also wonder about what will come of Andrew Cuomo, the "probably-illegal-but who-knows?" eviction moratorium and the overall lunacy of bureaucrats.
Music from this week's podcast: Lost Cause by Beck
James Lileks
Rob Long
H.R. McMaster
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“…a Hoover man…”
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Family lore has it that my great aunt's husband, a salesman for the company, sold one to Herbert William Hoover Sr.
Uncle Clayton couldn't have been older than 20, and Hoover must've been 75 or so. If it's true, it's gotta be one of those Glengarry Glen Ross "they just like talking to salesmen" incidents. Still, impressive.... if true.
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New definition—Turn wars into raids: Go in with 7 days of massive devastation, withdraw, and say, “Stop that! Or we will come back and do it again!”
Alternatives are always unsustainable. Only works with secure borders.
I know. Many obvious objections. But then, better not to go to war at all than go into anything other than an all-out devastating, horrible, object-lesson war.
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Hoover’s Hoover would be worth a mint!
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Hopefully COVID will soon be a Totally Lost Cause.
If they can do this in restriction crazed Canada, maybe it can happen here in CaliforneyeEh!
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