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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The heroin trade is revitalized & the warlords are flush with cash. The by-products of Imperialism.
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It’s funny because all of these wars were lost due to the people and politicians, not the military. The US never lost a major battle in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Its the fault of the American people we lost this war, not the military.
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what do Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan all have in common? Big bu$ine$$ for the military-industrial complex 💰💰💰
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US Anual defense budget >$1T , $750M DOD $250B VA. Caring for veterans is part of defense spending .
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Why did you leave off Korea and Syria?
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Oh but those wars haven’t been failures. All of the wars and interventions accomplished nearly exactly what the elite capitalist class, CIA, MIC wanted. Enrich themselves, destroy leftist movements and ensure western governmental and corporate hegemony throughout the world
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Well funding both sides is how competition strokes it nuclear empathy
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america is really great at creating a constant supply of people that really hate us so we can feed the war machine.
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You forgot to mention natural resources! Vietnan- opium Afghanistan- opium, lithium Iraq- oil and trillions of gold. Modern day vikings wake up and smell the ☕️
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