After a decade of two Wars of Choice, Afghanistan became as soon as the first drumbeat pointed at Iraq and the abandoning of the main mission, and Countries promises to the Afghans after years of occupation and wars which we had walked away from then after our participation in arming them against the Soviets, multiple tours in one theater or most doing same in both, war and occupation of others has become their lives. Not a military defending but 24/7, over and over, of continued stress of survival for each and each other.
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