Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’

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Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’
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Yeah, I mean, we were over there for well over a decade trying to fix that shit and the country as a whole just did not want to change, so we gave up and left. It was a giant waste for everyone involved.

Lol yeah that's totally what happened in. It definitely wasn't a scam where we turned Afghanistan into a black hole for contractor money.

It's unbelievable how naive and arrogant this thread is. How low can you get?

My dumb ass was 16 when it all started and even then I was aware enough to realize it was all about Raytheon, Haliburton, PMCs, etc...

I blame those fucking pieces of shit Cheney and Rumsfield for not only stealing a potential future from me (because after realizing all that I said fuck joining the military) but obviously worse all the death and destruction that was caused for their financial benefit...

Trump had a line "they're not sending their best here" when being a dickhole in reference to immigration, but honestly that quote goes especially well for pretty much all of our politicians.

You didn't go to fix shit. You went because you wanted revenge. You stayed because a lot of people made money.

Everybody told you back them you can't fix Afghanistan's issues by force. You just killed a lot of Afghanis for nothing.

Then you went to Iraq.

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trying to fix

😂😂👆

A giant waste for everyone

😂😂😂😂😂😂👆👆👆 Except the military money machine

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