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A solution for Afghanistan does not exist in America. It does not exist in Europe.

The solution exists within Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's been at war for the last 50 years. And if you go all the way back to, you know, Alexander the Great, and then you go to Genghis Khan, and then you go to the Brits, and then the Russians, and then the Americans, everyone's been to that country. And everybody's tried to invade that country but they've all failed today something could be the right thing to do for one party and tomorrow that would be

the wrong thing for the same party yeah just because it doesn't fit their agenda oh it's all

it's like you were saying it's all deal-making and i have a lot more questions this, but we got to get there because we got to work in, like, how you ended up in this cyclone to where you're still doing unbelievable work despite what happened to you. I mean, you know, sometimes I try to catch the vibe and see when there's some signs that line up like oh yeah i should

definitely do this and so i had two fans hit me up who i don't think knew each other like back

to back like oh you got to talk to this guy safie ruff like okay i googled the story real quick i'm

like oh that sounds awesome like i'll do that and then mark gagnan who's got a fucking phenomenal

show on youtube that i watch i think he put out the episode like the next day with you. And I'm like, okay, let's get this guy's story out there. Like, that was a good start right there. And I'd love to see you do a lot more podcast to talk about this. Because by the way, on that bill, you were just talking about with me, this is the kind of thing that can help push that

forward can put not just one human face on it but a lot more than that too but to see somebody like

you who is a veteran of this country who has been a hero for your your people over there and

our people who we left behind you know it's it's it's it's a beautiful

thing hey guys there is another 35 minutes of content that safi and i recorded on afghanistan

some of its greater history and the middle east that is going to appear over on patreon only

essentially if i included it in this episode it would have been way too long for one episode on YouTube, and this was not long enough of a total recording to split it up into two episodes. So we've put it over on Patreon, and you can join our Patreon and help support this show by hitting the link in my description. And if you are on Spotify or Apple Apple you can hit the link in the show description

as well as in the episode description but I'm just putting two and two together in my head

you were born in 94 I think right yes so and you were born in a refugee camp in Pakistan yes

so this is during what I would view as I assume the height of the

Civil War is that did your parents flee once the war started or had they been in Pakistan

for a while? So my my parents fled during the Russian invasion because once again we didn't

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