"In the end, we aren’t just the last in a long line of empires defeated in Afghanistan. Even worse, we’re the last in a long line of empires that raped and plundered it before we left. God help us, if we don’t learn from this." mariannewilliamson.substack.…

When did we ever have an 'empire'? We gave away the Phillipines, Cuba, and the inept Jimmy Carter gave away the Canal Zone.