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A 20-Year War, And For What?

Osama bin Laden couldn't have drawn it up any better.

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D.J. Byrnes
Aug 18, 2021
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[The Taliban recreates the famous Iowa Jima photo with tactical gear recovered from American troops.]

I am a 34-year-old man, so it’s tough recollecting memories from my freshman year in high school. One memory that I’ll always remember, however, is watching 3,000 Americans die on a tube television in freshman keyboarding class.

I remember being gripped w…

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