The Afghan Scam

The Untold Story of Why the U.S. Is Bound to Fail in Afghanistan

(Blog Post) the Bush administration perpetrated a scam. It used the system it set up to dispense reconstruction aid to both the countries it "liberated," Afghanistan and Iraq, to transfer American taxpayer dollars from the national treasury directly into the pockets of private war profiteers. Think of Halliburton, Bechtel, and Blackwater in Iraq; Louis Berger Group, Bearing Point, and DynCorp International in Afghanistan. They're all in it together. So far, the Bush ... Full Story »

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Peter Barnett
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by Peter Barnett - Jan. 12, 2009

The article involves the reader 'emotionally' in a topical issue, by reporting selected facts and alluding to endemic corruption. If these facts and allusions are true then it's quality journalism.

It really doesn't matter if an articles like this is quality journalism or not. It's presenting an opinion that supports views held by many people (inside and outside of the USA) to whom the facts and allusions, true or not, will be held as true.

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