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
Osama bin laden is gone.. but he was in Pakistan.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Surely you could have phrased this in a way where it didn’t sound like the biggest problem to you is the military doesn’t operate efficiently enough.
Replying to @marwilliamson
#Afghanistan The Afghan war resulted primarily from Bill Clinton's failed foreign policy & George Bush's lack of understanding. Are we better off now? No. Are Afghans better off? No. We tried to fight a war against an enemy we didn't understand and made too many basic mistakes.
Replying to @marwilliamson @Taysirbalbisi
And what about killing 100s of 1000s Afghanistan civilians? They’re NOT humans? How is death of 2400 US troops important who waged war knowing that they may get killed! #USCrimes #Islamophobia #Islamophobie #Islamophobe #ZionistsAreTerrorists #ZionismIsTerrorism
Replying to @marwilliamson
But there are those who are appreciably wealthier.