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    Just passing this on as an “interesting analysis” from "My book researcher, Kyle Flynn, a two-tour vet of Afghanistan (with extra points for duty in Oruzgan, the Pashtun answer to Arkansas) and now a graduate student at Georgetown University" doesn’t really cut it. Full Article at Matthew Yglesias
    My book researcher, Kyle Flynn, a two-tour vet of Afghanistan (with extra points for duty in Oruzgan, the Pashtun answer to Arkansas) and now a graduate student at Georgetown University
    SOURCE: Matthew Yglesias 1 month ago

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