Twenty years of futility, wasted money except to those who made money from it. At least the free lunch has ended if that is any consolation. The top U.S. general in Afghanistan stepped down Monday, marking a symbolic end to 20 years of American military involvement here — and coming as an ascendant Taliban threatens to topple the central government.
its amazing how many industries make money off of supplies for US foreign warS. its not just raytheon and mcdonald douglas. its ecolab (soap) its georgia pacific toilet paper, sysco foods, rubbermaid newell, proctor and gamble, clorox, textile mfgs, sysco systems. the military industrial complex is so interwoven into our daily lives that most will never comprehend it…
but I’ll give you a hint. if a giant company has an image piece of a commercial that airs on a Sunday roundtable show. they are likely a major supplier of a forward base in a never ending war.
No government in Afghanistan has ever succeeded in getting the whole country under control.
@Stratslinger Well, if I need to lie low, I reckon I can hide out in the wilds of Afghanistan.