“The report also concludes that American military leadership felt aimless, with no idea who the enemy even was. America sent its troops to Afghanistan for 18 years, and they didn’t even know who they were going to fight? That’s not how you do a war – that’s the strategy of a bunch of drunk dudes in Boston.” --Trevor Noah
“The American military didn’t have a plan, or a definition of victory, or a clear direction, but they did have money – and as any rapper will tell you, ‘mo’ money, mo’ unnecessary expenditures’, such as $28 Million for forest camouflage uniforms in a country that’s almost entirely desert. So America spent nearly $2 TRILLION on the war in Afghanistan with basically nothing to show for it. Maybe that’s how you get the US government to put money into things like healthcare or teachers … just tell them the Taliban is there.” --Trevor Noah
“As for blame for the lies our presidents told about the war in Afghanistan, there’s plenty to go around. Turns out that Bush, Obama and Trump all did their part to exaggerate America’s successes in Afghanistan, which points to a silver lining in this story: In a country increasingly divided every day, it’s nice to know that there’s one issue that brings America’s leaders together: lying about war.” --Trevor Noah
“A magisterial collection. An emotional roller coaster. Soon to be a cult classic.
A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”
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