Thought I'd share a post from my brother this morning, who served twice in Afghanistan right after 9/11, but his second tour cut short when he was severely injured in Operation Medusa:
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Time was not wasted. 20 years of a taste of civilization. 20 years of girls growing up with some sort of dreams of equality. Some of those girls are adults now. They'll secretly tell their daughters about the time they were free and educated. One day it will come back again, just not today, and not because we (soldiers) didn't try. Politicians that can only see as far as the next election cycle lost this one."
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