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.

Jul 3, 2021 · 1:24 PM UTC

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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
We knew the Taliban wasn’t going away. That’s why we stayed so long, to hold them back.. No way to kill them all. They’ll always be there.
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Human rights violation is another thing common
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How would you handle it?
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I think you have the cart before the horse here. The reason for these forever wars is that they power the US economy. Hence, war is the engine for profit. Hence wars are fought. Eisenhower warned about this in his farewell address. The US is a corporation with an army.
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It wasn’t a failure for the billionaires, it’s all about making money for a handful of people. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING, OR ANYONE, ELSE! It’s time to EAT THE RICH & EAT THE WEALTHY!
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They should really change the name back to the Department of War; the current name is straight-up Orwellian.
Lucius Ringwald @luciusringwald
6 Jul 2021
Weird how we blow up all these countries that haven’t attacked us, in self-“defense.”
Replying to @marwilliamson
Money is like energy - it is never wasted, it just changes hands. In this case, just follow the money. Politicians take money from the treasury and give it to Defense contractors. They then give a lot of that money back to politicians. This scenario continues until we stop it
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I think to a few people it was a massive success, actually.
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That money wasn’t wasted. It went into the pockets of some very wealthy ppl 😐🤷🏽‍♂️
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We haven't evolved. Never war
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