https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Scott_Adams
(Of particular note: the "Predictions from a stable genius" where he goes truly off the deep end.)
"But if you take away my access to hugging, I will probably start killing, just to feel something"
You just described Trump's campaign strategy to a T.
Meanwhile this friend of mine (whom I still care about a lot, even though our lives have taken different routes) also told me that he'd be gone for Afghanistan for a month or so, his company (the biggest European defence group) was closing up shop there and stuff needed to be taken care of. So, I was receiving "you're in the wrong reality" complaints about my view on vaccine-related stuff from a person whose company is in the business of killing people (because that's the business defence companies are in).
Like I said, there are realities and realities.
As for Afghanistan: that's a mess that has such a complicated history (going back 100+ years if you really dig into it) that someone who is mostly following orders by whoever is in command of that particular group is likely not going to bother reading up on to make up their mind on which side of that particular line they want to stand. Otherwise they wouldn't be in that line of business to begin with.
A highly respected and intelligent individual being delusional and refusing to acknowledge it.