Monday 11 December 2017

An Afghan Year: My Road from Soldier to Socialism | Dissident Voice

An Afghan Year: My Road from Soldier to Socialism | Dissident Voice


I joined the National Guard to pay for college. I didn’t really think of the consequences at the time. After all: I’m an American, I was raised to worship my country and adore the military, and I did. Receiving a college education seemed like fair payment for “service to my country.” But that whole illusion of patriotism and “American exceptionalism” began to break down the moment I found myself stepping off an AC-17 into the blinding sun of Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the spring of 2012.

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