1/ So basically we’re leaving Afghanistan after 20 years and the Taliban is now on its way to Kabul. Which means we wasted $2T and 2400 American lives for….nothing. The situation is not appreciably any better than it was when we went there.

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2/ Yet even this year we’re spending $763B on defense because obviously we do such a bang up job. Hey kids: what do Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan all have in common? Wasted blood, wasted money, massive failure.
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3/ The defense industry is no different than the fossil fuel industry or health insurance industry or any other corporate tyrant that allows profits to take precedence over human life. In the case of MIC, particularly heinous because of how much damage it does to other countries
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4/ America’s grace period can’t last forever. While both political parties play whore to the defense industry, the people ourselves need to stand up to the emperor and admit he has no clothes. Our military bloat is not a path to security; it’s a purveyor of death & destruction.
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It is bleak and you are right. One thing is different: a single generation of Afghan girls and women were educated and now know a different path was possible for their lives. I hope to heaven that will matter for Afghanistan's future.
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I agree with that, Diana. I in no way mean to minimize the issue of the Taliban's treatment of women. washingtonpost.com/news/powe…

Analysis | The Daily 202: Marianne Williamson wants to remember the ladies in Afghanistan

Women aren’t expected to receive security guarantees in the initial U.S. deal with the Taliban.

washingtonpost.com
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Replying to @marwilliamson @walerikus
And you actually thought we went there to do good??!!!
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Ever here the one about the little boy and the Zen Master? No…. Well here’s a REAL quote in the mean time: “They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the endgame.” -Avrakotos, on how we handled Afghanistan the first time.
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Question how many military contractors will the US continue to pay to play war after US forces leave?
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@DeptofDefense shocks the conscience. Now they want to move into wars with Russia and China. It's time to Defund the Pentagon and DOD.
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Marianne I'm going to share a video with you post 911. It's a great video from @DemocracyNOw interview with General Wesley Clark. We should have nvr been in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somali, Lebanon, Libya and finally Iran.youtube.com/watch?v=bSL3Jqor…
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