The only reason that we bombed, ineffectively bombed, the nuclear sites in Iran is because no one ever acknowledged that Iraq was a mistake, Libya was a mistake. Afghanistan, the 20 year occupation was a mistake, having nothing to do with how we withdrew. We shouldn't have been there for 20 years. It was all a mistake and nobody ever admitted it, much less took responsibility, much less accepted punishment or sanction for it. And if you don't do that, it doesn't get better, it just gets worse. Well, what's amazing is how quickly people not only forget about all the lies that were … (1:30:11–1:30:21)
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Asserts that the U.S. should not have been in Afghanistan for 20 years and that it was a mistake.
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