They ran the country before we got there, too.

Turns out Afghans just have a terrible culture.

America wasn't trying to stop opium production, we were using druglords to beat warlords. The brother of the leader we installed was the kingpin.

Who would have thought.

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As would I. Been a home theater/audiophile guy for 25 years

It is not only rare but a red flag if you can drink like a 21 year old in your 30s and 40s. If you can drink like that in your 50s you probably have ascites.

Some American Jews. Mostly the women.

Because the narrative that Israel is white colonizers oppressing poor brown locals is the predominant American liberal narrative for how power is structured everywhere in the world, even if it is of course never that simple.

But what about prohibition era gangsters smuggling guns cigarettes and liquor? How will we fight that scourge?

William Montgomery says we ain't ever gonna stop.