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2022-09-17 Afghanistan

US Establishes Trust with $3.5B in Frozen Afghan Funds to Skirt Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2022-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 It's American taxpayer money. Put it back in the Treasury. (But there is no graft in that)

Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-17 00:20|| 2022-09-17 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 stability to the Afghan economy,

Errr... that would be the Taliban economy.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-17 00:33|| 2022-09-17 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3

It's all V-$$$$.
With inflation being what it is, it has already 15 to 22+% of it value, just being in the DC Swamp's hands.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-09-17 06:34|| 2022-09-17 06:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Sooo....they freeze 3.5B, then set up a trust of 3.5B which the frozen 3.5B can borrow against?

I'm sure at 0% interest, culturally sensitive and all.

*Raises hand*
Question. It looks to me like the policy is to pay off/buy out local interests as an international foreign policy - Syria, Egypt, Libya Ukraine, Afghan, Africa Horn, just shoveling it out.

So...what happens when the dollar becomes comparatively worthless? Print off another Trillion in 'Infrastructure' to make up the difference, but obviously there is a spiral there, and C-130s can only carry so many pallets of cash.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-17 11:26|| 2022-09-17 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 How about we just take their shit like they do to us US citizens. Can't wait to see all these bastards die and hope it hurts.

Posted by Chris 2022-09-17 11:37|| 2022-09-17 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Sending 3 divisions of IRS agents to Afghanistan to audit the Taliban's Capital Gains Tax does put a smile on my face.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-17 12:04|| 2022-09-17 12:04|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ 😁

Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-17 12:07|| 2022-09-17 12:07|| Front Page Top

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