Fill Every War Plane with Refugees

We sent planes to Afghanistan full of troops, guns and maladapted intention. They always came back hollow. This time send them empty and bring them back full.

I’d written something very long today about Afghanistan. There was so much in it! I went on and on about state building and authoritarian regimes. There were a million words on American mistakes. I talked about the folly of “promoting democracy” in other nations when we cannot seem to keep it alive and well in our own. I gnashed my teeth at people who a…