“I remember Afghanistan as a dusty beige nightmare of a place full of proud, brave people who did not fucking want us there. We called them Hajjis and worse and they were better than we were, braver & stronger & smarter.” My conversation with @LauraJedeed. youtube.com/qjUkRTRX_EI

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We let our own citizens down, of course we'd let other countries down.
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Does it make you feel more powerful to use the F word? I think you are better than that.
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“If this is how we treat people now, this is how we’ve been treating them for the last 20 years” For imperialism. Capitalism Parlay that notion: does the oligarchy care about the American people any more than the Afghanis? People = fodder for profit Great interview
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Better than we were? Seriously? 😂