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Shaun King's avatar

I had to be brutally honest in this piece. American made him into a serial killer, then brought him here and abandoned him. And he kept killing.

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Jeffrey Courter's avatar

As someone who deployed to Afghanistan with the Illinois Army National Guard in 2007, I trained Afghan Border Patrol agents. This story is very believable and, like the article says, we see it over and over in our own military among those who have been traumatized by war. I know many people with PTSD, and have had to come to terms with my own sense of rage at how poorly we did in that theater. As long as we as a country remain committed to profit over people, we will see the fallout in terms of human lives wasted at the altar of corporate greed. We need to not merely protest - we need to build something better. We need to build relationships and communities where people are valued more than whatever money society says they are worth. Our country will not change until our values do. That's the real moral of this story.

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Shaun King's avatar

Thanks for keeping it real man

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Lewis C. Taishoff's avatar

Different war, different names, same story. It has been the consistent policy of the United States government since 1786 to systematically screw anyone sufficiently stupid to fight for this country.

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Catherine Martinez's avatar

This is so very true, and the crux of most of our troubles now. We can't keep griping at our government and each other about what is not working. If we want a democracy we have to work together to determine what we need and tell our government. We need to stop asking. We aren't supplicants we are the reason the government exists. We are the security we have been looking for.

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Jo Blackwood's avatar

I am thinking that we have never been great. Our government kills innocents and then puts the blame on others and lies, lies, lies. At this point in time, we should be hanging our heads in shame.

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Shaun King's avatar

You are right

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Diana Noyes's avatar

I've been waiting for this to be brought out. What do we expect?

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Tony Gallucci's avatar

Sick. We cannot stop. We will not stop. Ever. Over and over. CI fucking A. There’s no way out, is there Shaun?

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Catherine Martinez's avatar

Thank you Shaun, and thanks for including the article from Klippenstein. We must have every word of truth put in our face relentlessly. I have gleaned a few family stories from WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq/Afghanistan. After every war there is a corresponding rise in "unexplained" violence like this with no pursuit of the reasons, just a line report, an arrest or suicide, then on to the next thing. Depressions and suicides, family violence, all reported as separate events with no effort to help the public understand what the heck is going on. Veterans ashamed of their PTSD. We are not psychologically made for protracted war. We are not made to survive continuous commissions of brutality. We have to learn to deal with our needs and fears without using each other as war shields. There are so many victims in this story.

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Eliza Strode's avatar

One of the costs of war: PTSD and moral injury. It irks me that the US government talks about him being "radicalized." He had mental health issues, as do many who return from war. Why is it necessary to paint any Arab or anyone from the Middle East as an ideological terrorist? More horrible prejudice.

And now, collective punishment of all Afghan refugees in the US. Horrible.

It also irks me that there has been so much news coverage of this. What about the children and others murdered and starved every day by the State of Israel?

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Ken Hollen's avatar

Yeah, right. Bring an immigrant to the USA. Prevent them from working. Give them asylum 4 years later and still prevent them from working. Threaten all their neighbors with colored skin deportation regardless of their legal status. Hell no, no problem.

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Sati's avatar

yup. Tell it Brother. with you heart and soul

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Mohamed Oraby's avatar

Another false flag operation

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Shaun King's avatar

Possibly. Or he really did have a breakdown

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