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To: TobagoJack who wrote (176738)	8/19/2021 8:55:25 AM
From: ggersh	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217729

It was all one big grift....the mission was accomplished 6 months in The US government's internal oversight office, SIGAR, admits, "all war-related costs for U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan over the last two decades are estimated to be $6.4 trillion." (Most of that spending went into the pockets of private, for-profit contractors) pic.twitter.com/G8SRQDof8Y — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) August 18, 2021

To: TobagoJack who wrote (176738)	8/19/2021 10:17:40 AM
From: marcher	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217729

--billions of dollars got wasted along the way, in some cases aggravating efforts to build ties with the Afghan people-- HEY, look over there! inner city welfare mother stealing food and clothing! -sarc-

To: TobagoJack who wrote (176738)	8/19/2021 1:57:54 PM
From: flashforward2009	1 Recommendation Recommended By stsimon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217729

Place the blame on Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush. Their justifiable police action in Afghanistan was such a success, that they decided to stay and remake the country in their image. Their mistake was arrogance, that they were very much smarter than Alexander the Great, and others who failed before. I'm sure they could see their names forever enshrined in history books, as the ones who accomplished what no one before them could.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (176738)	8/19/2021 9:23:01 PM
From: prometheus1976	7 Recommendations Recommended By isopatch jazzlover2 maceng2 marcher Maurice Winn and 2 more members Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217729

fwiw..Julian Assage in2011 twitter.com "Julian Assange speaking in 2011: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war" and "Wash the money " is like money laundering....so we pay taxes ,then the money is used to buy equipment and pay contractors at excessive rates. .the excess money and equipment goes to a transnational security force that is unaccountable and privately managed.. the people would never tolerate funding such a force directly, so the people ultimately fund that force indirectly and secretly..