/tags/dissociative-power/ Recent content in dissociative power on Jennifer R. Overbeck, PhD Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/2021-08-16-afghanistan/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/2021-08-16-afghanistan/ Kabul has fallen back into the hands of the Taliban. It appears that anyone who’s been paying attention (not me, I confess) is not surprised. The NY Times provides a helpful analysis of the rapid collapse of the Afghan government after the US withdrawal; despite 20 years of fighting, training, and spending, America’s investment in building an independent Afghanistan has yielded nothing but a Taliban now armed and equipped with all we provided.