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
America lost, it's tucking it's tail between it's legs and it's packing up shop. Let's see another ISIS rise and then the USA will get the distraction it desperately needs, cuz sh*t is hitting the fan at home with their own terrorists.
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And How about the thousands (more?) of Afghanis that are dead or have had their lives destroyed? Same thing in Every country in the world that the United States has invaded, starting with this one founded on Genocide of one race of people and enslavement of another...
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Don't forget the goodwill of your allies. Wasted that as well.
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There were no terrorist attacks on America in those 20 years. OBL was killed. Many Afghan people were able to escape and now are living in democracies around the world. Still a bad deal, but some few things were accomplished.
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We’re not actually leaving.
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It was just a scheme to bilk Trillions out of the 99%.
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Don't entirely blame US. After 911 they had a legitimate reason to invade. During occupation the US started building programs, but the Taliban used tactics of terror to kill & intimidate work crews. You can occupy a country like Germany after WW2 with success. Not Afghanistan.
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It will be worse. Political, Morally & Ethically wrong course of action now.
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This is part of an agreement the Trump administration forged with the Taliban in February 2020. Was originally set for May 1.
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but your portfolio improved tho
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