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But don't worry, the same class of people are saying now that Ukraine's mineral wealth will cover the expenses of our proxy war there! I'm /so/ sure they're right this time...

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And now China has the oil contracts 🙄🤦‍♂️

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Yeah. A lot of good all that effort did for the US. /s

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Exactly! The squandering of talent that took place there is hard to describe to people. Not to mention the result of all that effort is…

China gets the copper deposit in Afghanistan and Iraqs oil. In no world view does that make sense.

Hearing “Thank you for your service” actually stings a little. (For me at least) Because it makes fresh the memory of that waste and what COULD have been.

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