re: #119 Shropshire Slasher

You forgot Joe selling Afghanistan to China.

I thought that was Hunter? //
(Isn’t that where he got all his “billions” from???) //

PS: probably likely to get lost amid the klaxons, but a good explanation in the Washington Post (possible-paywall alert) about why the “Afghan Government” collapsed as quickly as it did.
TL;DR version: the Taliban mostly didn’t have to fight their way in, they pre-negotiated and (more importantly) pre-paid.