Brian Jones: “The reason I mentioned these ghost soldiers is because Americans are still dying in this godforsaken country known as…”

“The reason I mentioned these ghost soldiers is because Americans are still dying in this godforsaken country known as Afghanistan, all while our Nation is headed for an economic collapse as we soon will see the $20 trillion debt number come forward. For the sake of our military, we need to end this madness in Afghanistan. I have beside me a photograph of a flag-draped coffin being taken off of an airplane. This is a humble way that I can say to the nine Americans who also came home in a flag-draped coffin in the back of a plane thank you for your service. Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to have a debate on the floor of the House as to whether we need to stay in Afghanistan for another 16 years. We have been there for 16 years now. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article that tells the story of Afghanistan better than I can today on the floor. The title of that article is ``It's Time for America to Get Out of Afghanistan.'' [Dec. 2, 2016] It's Time for America To Get Out of Afghanistan (By Mark Kryzer) ``Nation-building'' hasn't achieved lasting goals, Afghanis continue to suffer casualties and be displaced, and the costs to the U.S. keep mounting. After 15 years and $115 billion of taxpayer dollars spent on failed ``nation-building,'' it's time for the U.S. to let go of Afghanistan. (The actual ``total cost of war and reconstruction'' which includes all U.S.…”