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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And don't forget they were all started with lies by from our government!!
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Close to a trillion if one factors in the State Dept, VA, Homeland Security, etc... which also comprise our national militaristic apparatus. Thank you for consistently being one of the few democrats actually willing to speak out against this.
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What do Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan all have in common? Massive opium profits for the bankers and continued attempts by the financial oligarchy to destroy China through drugs, terrorism, or balkanization (so-called "democracy" protests sponsored by the CIA).
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And Colombia, Marianne! American 🇺🇸 troops are stationed in seven military bases because of the “War in Drugs.” When are we going to end this machine of war? Do you know that the embargo on Venezuela from USA 🇺🇸 is causing a worse territorial conflict between 🇨🇴 and 🇻🇪?
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and mostly lies to get us there
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I found it funny Biden said a few days ago how it would look to the world if America interfered in other countries elections. America is willfully ignorant and their leaders constantly feed off of it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United… youtube.com/1fpYY0-FMAE

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sssssh… it’s a feature, not a bug.
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A lot of people make money every time a bomb drops. It's not about freedom, or human rights, or values. It's always about money.
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