1/ People are starving in Afghanistan because of American sanctions. Women activists there are been kidnapped by the Taliban when we did not even try to help them escape.
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2/ If the American people allowed ourselves to truly take in the horror of what people from Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan have suffered because of our own craven, misdirected foreign policies, no amount of sleeping pills could give any of us a good night’s sleep.
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Replying to @Winding22760011
I agree. But we need to stop letting them do it.

Feb 10, 2022 · 11:20 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @Winding22760011
This is a republic; the people are sovereign & therefore responsible. Politically, I think you’ll find this message has more traveling power as well, counterintuitive as it might be (the people are always told how great they are. But criticize them? Sure to garner attention).