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Opinion: Care packages should only contain booze, tobacco, and porn

Opinion: Care packages should only contain booze, tobacco, and porn

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Oct 05, 2022
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The following is an op-ed written by a member of the US Army currently deployed to the southern part of Helmand, Afghanistan.

Oh great! I thought as the lieutenant dropped four huge boxes by the front hatch of our Quonset hut. Finally, some goddamn fresh Cope and maybe a Hustler. This wasn’t the first time we’d gotten care packages from the States; hell,…

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