Special thanks to @heatherbarr1 for helping me untangle my thoughts when I was trying to write this piece.
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A personal piece on my anger and fears about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan You can be deeply critical of how a war is conducted – I’ve reported on abuse and failings for over a decade – and still feel that this departure is reckless and cruel.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/11/forget-the-geopolitics-lets-focus-on-the-human-cost-of-the-exit-from-afghanistan …
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I love you so much, as ever. Thank you for this great piece—I was up late talking about Afganistan with my doorman & I need to send him this. I’ve been so sad all over again this week re how little ppl care about our region of the world—so glad ppl like you know us well & do care
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The question ultimately becomes: Would you send your son or daughter there in the service of this cause?
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This is a good question! Almost never, death and other permanent war injuries, both physical and psychological, is for other people's kids.
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This is South Vietnam and Saigon Mk2
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Shades of Englands retreat from Empire, particularly India- in power for two hundred years, worming into every aspect of life, extracting value and transferring it back home, then whoosh! Gone in a couple of months, leaving everyone there to deal with the fallout on their own.
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Two questions: (1) What value has the United States extracted from Afghanistan? (2) do you think Britain ought to have continued its colonial occupation of India?
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Many have died including Brits yet nothing has changed. Only winners the arms industries
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It was never going to be a good withdrawal because it was a bad entry and occupation. We’ve spent almost 20 years there. We could spend another 30 and leave with the same results.
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Reality needs to be looked at.What is good for America too. We helped for years & years….we cannot be in every country for so many years & still take proper care of America. Our streets & bridges, our rail systems, our schools, our internet access….child care….education…money
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