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Dude, so this is an interesting time in our country and really just an interesting time.

And as we were sitting around and obviously I saw this whole thing bust out with Afghanistan.

So, you know, Tex and I were rapping a little about it. And he's like, you know, we should we should do a podcast Afghanistan, so, you know, Tex and I were rapping a little

about it, and he's like, you know, we should, we should do a podcast or at least, you know, talk a little bit about it. And I was like, you know, the only person I want to talk to was Andy about it, just because I know not only you spend a lot of time there and understand it in terms of, you know, a unique perspective in terms of boots in the ground and also

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