Cybil
User ID: 11827237 United States 05/24/2012 12:57 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists …And The Disappearing Middle Class This is from 2011 but it is still valid today. . .
I'm just sitting here shaking my head after reading this. . . . What are they thinking???!The US government (White House and Congress) spends $10 billion dollars a month, or $120 billion a year, to fight an estimated “50 -75 ‘Al Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA and quoted in the FinancialTimes of London (6/25 -26/11, p. 5). During the past 30 months of the Obama presidency, Washington has spent $300 billion dollars in Afghanistan, which adds up to $4 billion dollars for each alleged ‘Al Queda type’. If we multiply this by the two dozen or so sites and countries where the White House claims ‘Al Qaeda’ terrorists have been spotted, we begin to understand why the US budget deficit has grown astronomically to over $1.6 trillion for the current fiscal year. During Obama’s Presidency, Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment has been frozen, resulting in a net decrease of over 8 percent, which is exactly the amount spent chasing just 5 dozen ‘Al Qaeda terrorists’ in the mountains bordering Pakistan. It is absurd to believe that the Pentagon and White House would spend $10 billion a month just to hunt down a handful of terrorists ensconced in the mountains of Afghanistan. So what is the war in Afghanistan about? The answer one most frequently reads and hears is that the war is really against the Taliban, a mass-based Islamic nationalist guerrilla movement with tens of thousands of activists. The Taliban, however, have never engaged in any terrorist act against the territorial United States or its overseas presence. The Taliban have always maintained their fight was for the expulsion of foreign forces occupying Afghanistan. Hence the Taliban is not part of any “international terrorist network”. If the US war in Afghanistan is not about defeating terrorism, then why the massive expenditure of funds and manpower for over a decade? Several hypotheses come to mind: [ link to www.pakalertpress.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16616006 United States 05/24/2012 01:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists …And The Disappearing Middle Class Fighting terrorist is cheap compared to the trillions the big 5 banks suck down. |
Cybil
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User ID: 11827237 United States 05/24/2012 01:49 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists …And The Disappearing Middle Class Fighting terrorist is cheap compared to the trillions the big 5 banks suck down.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16616006 So very true. . . Its a pretty fkd up state the US is in right now, |