It is impossible to overestimate how much we did wrong in Afghanistan, and how dangerous it is that we refuse to look deeply into why that is. mariannewilliamson.substack.…
Jane Ferguson
 @JaneFerguson5
9 Nov 2021
Our story from #Afghanistan on @NewsHour last night. 14 million #Afghans need food assistance to survive. The country is headed towards famine, warns @WFP, and aid is slow as orga figure out how to work in #Taliban controlled country. W @pulitzercenter youtube.com/r28MwBSmNsM

Nov 9, 2021 · 2:15 PM UTC

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As one who recalls the extended 5-7 year public conversation after end of Vietnam, stunned to see Afghanistan so quickly fall into memory hole
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Exactly!
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you’re so right queen we need to get back in there
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That is certainly not what I’m saying
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great, so do the same thing in Syria then? Like your party wanted. The one you support. But call Trump's foreign policy crazy when he avoided it. You're part of the problem.
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It is impossible to overestimate how much we have donewrong in the US, and how dangerous it is that we refuse to look deeply into why that is.
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NO. The 🇺🇸 gov is doing the same thing to Black Freedmen here in 🇺🇸. A debt is owed & we wont allow 🇺🇸 to forget it or our justice claim. Selective remembrance and trying to force us to forget wont help the nation heal from affects of the abuse. #ReparationsNow #PayTheDebt
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If we don't really understand how we got to where we are ... We'll be doomed to repeat the past ... Over and Over again!
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I have particularly enjoyed how so many of our fellow citizens are convinced that any concern expressed for the people of Afghanistan could only be the product of right wing talking points seeking to take down President Biden...
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