in Afghanistan<\/a>? We should not shed one more precious drop of our kids\u2019 blood in that absurd exercise in futility.<\/p>\nSupport the troops. Let them come home and be with their families and not be stuck in multiple tours of duty so our Ruling Class can attempt experiments in imperial nation-building. The Great Society never worked at home. What on earth makes our Ruling Classes believe it will work abroad in the barren civilizational soil of the graveyard of Empires?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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