Say Goodbye to Afghanistan

REFLECTIONS OF AN AFGHAN WAR PROTESTOR

This post is coming a bit after the fact. Life intervened on my blogging of late. But I wanted to get this out mostly for my own psychological wellbeing. Twenty years ago I took an unpopular position in opposition to the Afghan War. This year, watching U.S. soldiers leaving Afghanistan was an emotional experience. Here’s my reflection.

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