You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Afghanistan
Escobar: 'Forever War' Benefiting Afghans? Follow The Money
2021-08-30
[ZeroHedge] After 20 years and a staggering $2.23 trillion spent in a “forever war” persistently spun as promoting democracy and benefiting the “Afghan people,” it’s legitimate to ask what the Empire of Chaos has to show for it.
Related:
Pepe Escobar: 2021-08-21 Austin contradicts Biden, says Americans have been 'beaten' by the Taliban
Pepe Escobar: 2020-10-25 Monkeys or Children? Russia Chooses Neither, Dooming Germany
Pepe Escobar: 2020-04-09 Bill Gates Crosses the Digital Rubicon, Says ‘Mass Gatherings' May Not Return Without Global Vaccine
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  TW - absolutely correct. Also, to answer a question from a week ago regarding one Zehra Duman: yes, that is the person in question.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-08-30 18:11  

#5  Flame wars drive people away — good, thoughtful people who have better things to do leave long before the target.

Blinky Pholuling8616, if you really believed your #4, you would take yourself to more congenial surroundings.

Posted by: trailing wife   2021-08-30 12:23  

#4  The moderation here is much like that practiced by SJWs. Only a narrow band of discussion is allowed, anything else gets censored.

Just because something is a colossal waste doesn't mean that we can't address waste that is merely gargantuan. We can do two things at once.

China spent $800 billion over ten years and got a nationwide high speed rail system for it. What do we get for all this money we spend on other countries? Jack and shit.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-08-30 08:34  

#3  Why, yes it was - I'm not allowed to criticize the board's a&&hole in crude, direct terms, even if it's mild.

tw- just ban me by IP address; I'm fine with it.
Posted by: Raj   2021-08-30 00:46  

#2  Was it something I said?
Posted by: Raj   2021-08-30 00:37  

#1  After 20 years and a staggering $2.23 trillion spent in a “forever war”

Tell me again about military aid to Israel being a waste.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-08-30 00:14  

00:00