Zinn's 'People Speak' Producer: Troops Don't Understand Why They're In Afghanistan

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The film’s producer Chris Moore:

And I’m sure every person there in Afghanistan is thinking about their family back here, thinking about the holidays, and I guarantee you all of them are thinking, “Why am I here? What am I doing here?”

Really, Chris … every person in Afghanistan?

Are the troops too stupid to understand that the Taliban gave al Qaeda a safe haven from which to launch attacks that killed thousands of Americans?

Are the troops too stupid to understand that if we abandon Afghanistan the Taliban will return to power and offer the same safe haven?

Are the troops too stupid to understand that if we abandon Afghanistan and the Taliban return to power that the 25 million innocent Afghans our nation promised to protect will suffer in unimaginable ways as they — especially women — are fed into the meat grinder of a monstrous regime?

No, it’s not the troops…

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