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“The Bleeding Wound”
Afghanistan and the Implosion of America
By Tom Engelhardt
As I approach 75, I’m having a commonplace experience for my age. I live with a brain that’s beginning to dump previously secure memories — names, the contents of books I read long ago (or all too recently), events, whatever. If you’re of a certain age yourself, you know the story.
Recently,