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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Replying to @marwilliamson
It was never about making things better. The purpose was greed and power and chaos/fear/control.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @M4ACalifornia
Oh that $2T DEFINITELY DIDNT GO TO WASTE. Ask the defense contractors
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Replying to @marwilliamson @NewDawgFlo
The Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda - call them what you want, what they have in common is that their fathers were killed by American bombs. YouTube does a better job of liberating and modernizing countries than the military will ever do.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
America can't keep fighting endless wars for those who have no desire to fight & keep their freedom. That's the thing. True that our Troops are angry & disgusted after all the blood & sweat,but sadly if we stayed we will still see the same situation if we left in 5 or 10 years.
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But military contractors got a lot richer.
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Turkey Says No Decision Made Yet on Kabul Airport Plans The US might leave a few hundred troops to help Turkey guard the airport while a deal is being worked out by Dave DeCamp @DecampDave #Afghanistan #Turkey #Kabul news.antiwar.com/2021/07/02/…
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Hahaha you realize it NOW!
Replying to @marwilliamson @GreyBeardProg
Not for nothing. The arms manufacturers and private military and construction crews who built the base all made tons of money, which was a primary goal. Not sure if we got what we wanted from the poppy fields. :/
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