Daily Archives: October 20, 2015

We officially have no clue what we’re doing in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Posted on October 20, 2015 by a1skeptic

By now it should be official: we have no fucking clue what we’re doing in Afghanistan and the Middle East. This became clear last week when Obama announced that we’re going to keep troops in Afghanistan through 2017, or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, History, Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, vietnam | 3 Comments

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