I make no excuses for Putin, who is an execrable excuse for a human being, or for his war, which is barbarous. And, we should all have learned in kindergarten that two wrongs don’t make a right. But. But, Senators, we see you.
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A big and powerful country invaded a small and weak country, using a trumped-up threat. It didn't end well.
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Danny Glover, Sam Underwood and Prema Cruz star in this dramatic portrayal of the interwoven stories of three veterans that reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of different generations.
Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations (IMDB). With Danny Glover, Sam Underwood, Prema Cruz. Read a full review here.
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
The war in Afghanistan wasn’t a failure. It was a massive success — for those who made a fortune off it. Instead of a nation, what we really built were more than 500 military bases — and the personal fortunes of the people who supplied them.
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