Imagine if the United States had been conquered by Afghanistan, and then we had been occupied for the last eight years.
Imagine: The Afghan military has moved ominously around America, heavily armed and armored, for eight years, exchanging fire regularly with American freedom fighters. The Afghanis describe our Resistance fighters as "insurgents," though.
Imagine: Some of the Afghanis are civil, or even friendly. Some of them are brutal. Some pass out Korans to our children. All Americans know someone who has been tortured or who has died in their custody. Many Americans died in the invasion, as collateral damage. Every now and then an Afghan drone blows up a wedding reception, a church supper, or a local bar. Oops. "Regrettable." Americans are hungry, horrified, and afraid.
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