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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 709 & BENKYO RADIO 709.

I am very disappointed by the situation in Afghanistan. It appears that when it is “convenient” such as enriching the “Military-Industrial-Complex” that Sith Lord Dick Cheney (who is somehow still alive), people are gung-ho about the war effort, but lately, everybody is focused on the next war in Ukraine. It’s just so sad. If America rebuilt Germany & Japan after WW II, there is simply no excuse that they cannot rebuild Afghanistan. We have accomplished much more complicated things. We just sent Artemis to the Moon via NASA. It looks that we have created clean energy with Nuclear Fusion. You cannot weep about white Ukrainian women and children without weeping for brown Afghan women and children. Or else, it’s a double-standard. The Taliban are not that strong. They could easily be eradicated. I refuse to believe that the United States Military cannot come up with an innovative way to get rid of the Taliban. I’m sorry guys, but Afghanistan is indeed a “you break it you buy it” situation. Don’t forget about it. Thank God for Rubicon, “No One Left Behind”, the IRC, and other organizations who are helping Afghan refugees. Thank God for those who continue to do important work. There are many books about the conflict, including Operation Pineapple Express which is on my bookclub for the month of January 2023.

Until Next Time!