I served in Afghanistan as a US Marine, twice. Here's the truth in two sentences

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

What we are seeing in Afghanistan right now shouldn’t shock you. It only seems that way because our institutions are steeped in systematic dishonesty. It doesn’t require a dissertation to explain what you’re seeing. Just two sentences.

One: For 20 years, politicians, elites and D.C. military leaders lied to us about Afghanistan.

Two: What happened last week was inevitable, and anyone saying differently is still lying to you.

I know because I was there. Twice. On special operations task forces. I learned Pashto as a U.S. Marine captain and spoke to everyone I could there: everyday people, elites, allies and yes, even the Taliban.

The truth is that the Afghan National Security Forces was a jobs program for Afghans, propped up by U.S. taxpayer dollars — a military jobs program populated by nonmilitary people or “paper” forces (that didn’t really exist) and a bevy of elites grabbing what they could when they could.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/served-afghanistan-us-marine-twice-100000389.html

[UpInArms]

1. The best part of that article was what was at the bottom

Cole County native Lucas Kunce is a Marine veteran and antitrust advocate. He is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

Yay!

[NewDayOranges]

3. He's running in Missouri for Blount's Senate in 2024...

He's running against former Governor and current POS Eric Greitens and the pudgy POS lawyer that pulled an AR-15 on peacefully protesting BLM and ANTIFA that were ealking through his upscale St Louis neighborhood...

[CloudWatcher]

2. Mistakes vs. lies

From further down in the editorial:

I was delighted to see how far along they were on paper — until I actually began working with them. I attempted to adjust the charts to reflect reality and was quickly shut down. The ratings could not go down. That was the deal. It was the kind of lie that kept the war going.

This ... deserves a full investigation. I'm perfectly willing to allow for honest mistakes. This was not one of those. The culpable should be held responsible.

[lees1975]

4. I have a friend who was injured in Afghanistan and when I visited him at Walter Reed,

he said the same thing.