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 »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
This is not really news anymore -- by the time a book goes to press the news is a bit stale by definition. Yet, I think it is fair to say that most Americans do not know anything about this, and those who do seem quite willing to overlook it. Even President-elect Obama would seem, by his policy statements thus far, not to know what is really going on. I hope that Joe Biden tells him when he gets back from Afghanistan.