Name: Why These Veterans Are Demanding an End to War in Afghanistan | NYT Opinion
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something like democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan.

But now, I don' t see how you can be a killer

and be a nation builder at the same time.

There's a concept that if you kill the wrong person

How do I win the hearts and minds of the local populace

gun in their neighborhood and shooting at people?

It's not something that fits every country.

The fact that we've gotten to this place now,

in 2019, where poll after poll has shown that nearly two-thirds

quote, “The wars were not worth fighting,”

is remarkable, because that's a higher rate than

the American people at  large who didn't serve.

the capability to ultimately alter the outcomes

I consider myself a conservative, a Republican.

I can tell you, I saw violence was going up

the Afghan military were not being effectively trained.

You cannot accomplish with military power

”The bad news if we leave this place it'll

“Seriously?”  “If we pull out, this place

to maintain some footprint or some guarantee

that Al Qaeda won't resurge in the area.”

there will be a new civil war that's going to start.

O.K., there is a civil war going on in Afghanistan right now.

The Afghans were having a civil war in 2001

We're keeping our troops there indefinitely

because of this idea that if we leave there's

It's really keep our troops on the ground

to control the Muslims and the brown people of Afghanistan.

I don't think the American people have actually

really refreshed their browser on the Afghan war since 2001 or two.

All the guys who are responsible for 9/11

Whereas Al Qaeda is centered on going to war

Their concern is not to make the world Islamic.

It's to make Afghanistan an Islamic emirate.

the Taliban are in a very strong position.

Southwest Afghanistan is just a free-fire zone.

and they would just bombard our towers all day

And then we'd have to go out on patrol, even

though patrolling was stupid because as soon

as you leave the walls you have no protection.

I remember hearing the first explosion when

and it seemed entirely meaningless to me.

I was there when we had  140,000 troops on the ground.

And I can tell you there was vast areas of the country

we have there right now. They're  not protecting anything

We're creating war zones and we're creating refugees.

They're going to want revenge and they're

It's a war that we've spent $1 trillion on now.

It's a war where thousands of people have died,

where children are growing up and all they've ever grown up in

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