Euphemism of the Day: Over the horizon capability

Ask a hundred folks what that means and you'd be lucky to get one straight answer.

It refers to U.S. attempts to secure a safe haven just across the border from Afghanistan, which we're in the process of vacating, to bomb the bejesus out of the Taliban who are likely to overrun the puppet U.S. Afghan government we've bailed on after 20 years.

Truth be told we're not really ending the Afghan war. We'll keep squandering trillions to be the first super power in history to subjugate a country that simply will not be subjugated.

American exceptionalism learns nothing from its failures and nothing from history.

For America, 'over the horizon' means there is always a place to blow our treasure blowing up innocent people, rather than spending that treasure to uplift our own crumbling society.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the U.S. is already conducting air ops over Afghanistan from aircraft carriers and distant U.S. bases. So far, nations just 'over the horizon' are telling Austin to 'get lost.'

Good advice.