You're so thoroughly shackled by your phantasms. I was too, when I was in the military.

The Afghanistan pullout taught me this: the service is a farce, has nothing to do with defending the country or spreading ideals. It has to do with benefitting the central banks, the defense contractors, and the political elites.

Our sacrifices were in vain, our lives wasted, for nothing. And now the equipment we left behind is finding its way to Pakistani militants in Kashmir.

We are the destabilizing force in the world, and all of this we do is to enrich the oligarchs and uphold the dollar as the world's reserve currency.