https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/03/16/the-axis-of-torpor/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 14:22:20 -0400<![CDATA[Two more Americans died this week at the hands of one of their Afghan “allies,” a man trained, paid, and armed by the United States. If you slaughter thousands, you can still just about get our attention, as Mullah Omar discovered after 9/11. But the slow bleeding of two deaths here, three deaths there, week after week after week takes a psychological toll, rotting out purpose and strategy. So in Washington this will be a war we “shut down”; in Kandahar and beyond, it will be a war we lost.]]>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:05:25 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/03/16/the-axis-of-torpor-n100928