Afghan-Born Green Beret Warning Against Regime Change Wars

About this video

Ritland interviews Kyle Morgan, an Afghan-born Muslim who served as a US Marine and later as a Green Beret. Morgan recounts facing suspicion and hostility from fellow Marines after 9/11, his combat experiences during the 2003 Iraq invasion and the brutal Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004, and reflects on the moral weight of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which he now views as mistakes built on false pretenses.

Key takeaways

• Morgan describes being treated differently by some Marines after 9/11 due to his Afghan and Muslim background, ultimately fighting and then befriending one Marine who had harassed him
• He recounts intense urban combat during Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, including a day when 17 Marines were killed by daisy-chained IEDs and orders to burn buildings that later caused him shame when civilians returned
• Morgan reflects that both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were based on lies and caused more harm than good, questioning the justification for full-scale invasions and the lack of effective support for veterans dealing with trauma

Episode details: published March 3, 2026 · 66.4K views · 32:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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