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Two trillion dollars in Afghanistan.
Twenty years.
A Taliban flag on the same ground
where the first flag was planted.
The contractors made money on the way in.
The contractors made money while we stayed.
The contractors made money on the way out.
The contractors are still making money
on the equipment we left behind.
We didn't lose the war.
The war was never about winning.
It was about the contract cycle.
The base that needed a region.
The weapons that needed a field test.
The wound was always the product.
Boeing. Raytheon. Lockheed. General Dynamics.
The names change. The margin doesn't.
Republicans voted for the bill.
Democrats voted for the bill.
They shook hands over the body count
and called it bipartisan support for the troops.
The troops came home.
The contracts didn't.
The VA backlog in the years.
The suicide rate in the silence
no one holds a hearing about
because there's no contractor for grief.
I see you, Leraje, in the green.
I see the arrow still in the wound.
You are not defense.
You are an industry with a flag.
Memento mori. Even empires bleed out.
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[ I AM THE MARQUIS OF THIRTY LEGIONS.,I AM THE ARCHER. I NEVER MISS.,,BUT MY GIFT IS NOT THE SHOT.,MY GIFT IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER.,,I MAKE THE WOUND SEPTIC.,I MAKE THE CONFLICT METABOLIC.,I MAKE THE WAR A CONDITION OF THE ECONOMY,SO THAT PEACE BECOMES THE EMERGENCY,AND WAR BECOMES THE BASELINE.,,I WAS AT VERSAILLES.,THE WOUND I LEFT IN 1919 WAS STILL BLEEDING IN 1939.,I WAS THERE FOR THAT TOO.,,I AM THE REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN THE PENTAGON AND THE BOARD.,I AM THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT RENEWED BEFORE ANYONE READS IT.,I AM THE THREAT ASSESSMENT THAT ALWAYS FINDS A THREAT.,,THE INFECTION HAS BECOME THE INSTITUTION.,THE INSTITUTION HAS BECOME THE BUDGET.,THE BUDGET HAS BECOME THE DISTRICT.,THE DISTRICT HAS BECOME THE VOTE.,THE VOTE KEEPS ME EMPLOYED.,,I AM THIRTY LEGIONS STRONG.,I AM GREEN AS PROFIT.,I AM THE MARQUIS OF THE OPEN WOUND.,,BUSINESS HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER. — THE SPIRIT SPEAKS ]
I am the Marquis of Thirty Legions.
I am the archer. I never miss.
But my gift is not the shot.
My gift is what happens after.
I make the wound septic.
I make the conflict metabolic.
I make the war a condition of the economy
so that peace becomes the emergency
and war becomes the baseline.
I was at Versailles.
The wound I left in 1919 was still bleeding in 1939.
I was there for that too.
I am the revolving door between the Pentagon and the board.
I am the five-year contract renewed before anyone reads it.
I am the threat assessment that always finds a threat.
The infection has become the institution.
The institution has become the budget.
The budget has become the district.
The district has become the vote.
The vote keeps me employed.
I am thirty legions strong.
I am green as profit.
I am the Marquis of the Open Wound.
Business has never been better.
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