Biden's Victory Speech

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

No, pragmatism isn't necessarily decent and wise - the annexation of the Sudetenland was pragmatic.

I'd ask you to bear in mind that the bigger, better future for the Taliban almost certainly means a miserable future for everyone under their control.

*no response to paranoid Zionist rhetoric*

Boru

As the formal definition from Oxford say:

pragmatism

1. PHILOSOPHY
   an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.
   

Evaluating theories and beliefs in terms of "success" is the wisest thing to do in life; the "attempts" and "trials" that don't lead to success are a failure; keep in mind that just like I warned America from following the path of its previous imperialist attempts, I warn the Taliban too from following the path of extremists like ISIS.

Respecting one's treaties is a wise thing.

As an extreme example, the Nazi death camps of WWII were a pragmatic application of Hitler’s belief that Europe should be free of Jews, homosexuals, dissidents, Gypsies and others, that their possessions (property, money, teeth, skin, hair, bones) should be taken from them and used to help support the Nazi war effort.

Do you consider gassing people en masse to be decent and wise?

Boru