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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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 12, 2009

While I knew there was corruption going on, the dept of this is staggering. These no-bid contracts are nothing but pay-off's to American contractor's, with retired military coming and going with their fists full of bribes.Shameless!!

In Bush's last news conference today he talked about how we were looked upon with moral authority in the world. Bullshit!!

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