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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 337 & BENKYO RADIO 337.

I guess by now we can all agree that the pullout of Afghanistan has been a disaster and I am glad that Democrats have stated that there will be a full inquiry. We need answers from all the Neo-conservatives. This so called “War-On-Terror” has been people kneeling to the Military-Industrial-Complex instead of its real mission of catching Terrorists. It’s imperative that the Secret Service increases security on George W. Bush. It was not his fault that he was seduced by Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney must answer for his sins before he dies like Rumsfeld. Let’s make it happen. Congress inquiry asap. Thanks in advance. A lot of veterans are feeling humiliated by such a ridiculous fall of Afghanistan. While Hollywood is busy making TV shows about Clinton’s infidelity, I pray that VICE News and The Intercept_ work in conjunction with many reporters to write about how the Afghanistan war “nation-building” and “saving women” was simply about testing weapons of warfare, and once they mastered them, they just bounced and left. It’s embarrassing, and now you all know why Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was on my book club. The level of corruption reaches the high brass, just like Colonel Mustang when he found out.

20 years of hope for women and growth is no more. Women and little girls we able to go to school, work, become a part of society and help their families. In a matter of 20 days everything is done. Women can no longer attend work and little girls can no longer attend school or have dreams of a future.
How did I get so lucky? I get to work, have dreams and get an education without having the fear of my life being taken from me.
What will happen to those little girls? Those mothers who have no man in their life who need to provide. What will they do ? How will they survive ?
What will the future of Afghanistan be now?
- written by a relative of mine, who is a college-educated Afghan-American woman living in California

Please pray for our SEALs, because remember my expression “if I want to flip a table, when I’m upset, imagine how they feel, they don’t just punch a boxing bag, the boxing bag no longer exists after 3 minutes.”

I demand that weed is legal in all 50 states for veterans ASAP. Please let them deal with their Mental Health. I thank you in advance.

Until Next Time!