You Know America Is Ending Its War In Afghanistan When TGI Fridays Closes
Along with it, the T.G.I. Fridays (yes, a T.G.I. Fridays, with servers and a nonalcoholic bar) will be shuttering its doors.
Price writes:
The boardwalk. Famous and infamous. If the
Price even notes that retired general Stanley McChrystal tried to get the boardwalk closed down - when he was running the war - and came up short.
McChrystal's command sergeant major, Michael T. Hall, wrote a blog post about the facilities back in 2010, one that's since been predictably deleted.
"This is a war zone - not an amusement park," he writes.
"Supplying nonessential luxuries to big bases like Bagram and Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops who are in the fight each day need resupplied with ammunition, food and water."
Extravagant "morale, welfare, and recreation" facilities are not a new thing. Reporters from Business Insider have seen these facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, ones which include full indoor basketball courts, Olympic pools, smoothies, McDonalds, KFC, ice cream, Frappuccinos, etc.
As the U.S. scales back its presence in Afghanistan, these big-name vendors and their merchandise go with them.
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