Today is the 15th anniversary of the U.S-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Think about that.
15 years of sending mostly young American soldiers---men and women--to a foreign country to fight and die--for....?
How is this not like the Vietnam War? How is this not a "quagmire"?
#perpetualwar Link: U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins - Oct 07, 2001
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