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
viable new systems > fixing broken systems
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So should we stay?
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The warmongers made billions. That was the goal and the mission was a stunning success.
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killing millions of Afghans and more then 70,000 Pakistanis in the Process... for nothing
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And anyone with a basic understanding of world history predicted this outcome 20 years ago.
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Not for “Nothing”… A lot of evil people in the MIC and government (BOTH Sides) became FILTHY Rich because of it. #Syria #Iraq #Iran #WorkingOnVenezuela
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The Soviets said the same thing.
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Mostly US intervention has not created better conditions, maybe just moved wealth into different hands. The people remained enslaved, the children malnourished and protesting citizens tortured with our blessing. Iran, El Salvador, Chile, Nicaragua, Guatemala, etc. etc.
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To be objective, I understand that this is just where we are now, but I can't help but wonder how things might have been if we would had left on the date agreed upon under President Trump.
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You murdered woman,children and infants,no mention,if they were obese,backwards hat wearing,pickup truck drivers,you would be heartbroken.go watch tv and have a big Mac.
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