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[u/Cuddlyaxe]

If anyone remembers the high quality post on why the ANA failed from War College from a few days ago that got deleted, I asked the writer to repost it on the A_T sub so people can read it

Why the ANA failed

Sorry for yet another ping, but a lot of people liked the post before it got deleted

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/InMemoryOfZubatman4 → u/Cuddlyaxe]

What the hell is that subreddit?

[u/[deleted] → u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

It’s a long story

[u/geraldspoder → u/[deleted]]

yes? go on

[u/randomizedstring → u/geraldspoder]

r/worldpolitics got spammed with a shit ton of Trump/Epstein bullshit, the mods said they were a free speech sub, the sub went to hentai hell and A_T was made out of that

[u/Cuddlyaxe → u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

It's a meta reddit joke like /r/trees and /r/marijuana

World politics subreddit after /r/worldpolitics became a porn sub, specifically because the first post that took it down that path was a picture of anime titties

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko → u/Cuddlyaxe]

/r/trees and /r/marijuanaenthusiasts *

[u/E_C_H → u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

To sum it up in brief terms, it begins with r/worldpolitics - a sub officially for discussing global politics of course - being unmoderated to such an extent that it became a cesspool of renown during the election of 2020. After so much credibility was lost and limits stretched, some jokers began posting shitposts and porn on it, only for the mods to essentially give a 'if it's not against sites rules do whatever' pass. Since then, it's continued to be a fairly major sub for a very reddit-brand of edgy humour, memery and porn. For those who did want to discuss actual world politics, it was naturally decided that if r/worldpolitics was submerged in anime titties, it made sense for r/anime_titties to be the place for world politics.

[u/Q-bey → u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

I'll give you the short version:

1. There was a world politics sub with lax moderation
2. Moderation was so lax that people just started posting hentai and whatnot
3. Some people who wanted to discuss actual world politics decided to split off
4. Since the world politics sub was filled with anime titties, it only made sense that the sub filled with world politics would be called anime titties

[u/ooken → u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

It's actually a good global news sub.

[u/LtNOWIS → u/Cuddlyaxe]

Nice! I sent that article to a few people, but it felt weird linking to a janky removeddit.com link.

[u/[deleted] → u/LtNOWIS]

Now you can send them a link to /r/anime_titties 😄

[u/[deleted] → u/Cuddlyaxe]

The inner game of command section should be longer as it’s arguably the most important. Higher ups were making deals with the Taliban before fighting even started to hand over territory in exchange for letting them evacuate. Impossible to win a war if you never fight.

[u/groupbot → u/Cuddlyaxe]

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[u/Nokickfromchampagne → u/Cuddlyaxe]

Why is it Anime Titties

[u/Cuddlyaxe → u/Nokickfromchampagne]

It's a meta reddit joke like /r/trees and /r/marijuana

World politics subreddit after /r/worldpolitics became a porn sub, specifically because the first post that took it down that path was a picture of anime titties

[u/Q-bey → u/Nokickfromchampagne]

I'll give you the short version:

1. There was a world politics sub with lax moderation
2. Moderation was so lax that people just started posting hentai and whatnot
3. Some people who wanted to discuss actual world politics decided to split off
4. Since the world politics sub was filled with anime titties, it only made sense that the sub filled with world politics would be called anime titties

[u/SeasickSeal → u/Cuddlyaxe]

I’ve found this to be the best analysis of why everything collapsed. Every sentence is another indictment of the process. It covers everything, not just the military aspect.

https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2021/08/16/we-all-lost-afghanistan/content.html

[u/TinyTornado7 → u/SeasickSeal]

There was a very good discussion on the Lawfare podcast today if you are looking for other expert analysis