A few weeks ago, no one would have imagined that 20 years of work by the US and its NATO allies would go down the drain the moment Taliban militants approached the capital city, Kabul. When they tell you we can't afford healthcare, comprehensive infrastructure, or the urgently-needed green new deal, remind them that the Afghanistan war cost $2.261 Trillion. https://t.co/Xmv3ybs0p2 pic.twitter.com/zCpfYLd33v — J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) (@jgownder) August 16 ...