Vets explain how US lost Afghanistan, profited

Anti-war veterans explain how US lost Afghanistan while leaders lied, profited

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Anti-war veterans Matthew Hoh and Danny Sjursen on the reality of the US War on Afghanistan that was kept from the public:

As the US establishment grapples with its defeat in Afghanistan, US veterans Matthew Hoh and Danny Sjursen explain how the War on Afghanistan was lost, Afghans suffered, and US military contractors profited – all while the American public was kept in the dark. More

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Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army officer and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. He served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point. His latest book is A True History of the United States. Twitter.com/SkepticalVet

Matthew Hoh is a former Marine and US State Department official who resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan over US policy in September 2009. Now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. Twitter.com/matthewphoh