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2014-01-24 Afghanistan

U.S. Cuts Afghan Development Aid By Half

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Posted by Fred 2014-01-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 But, but, won't this adversely affect global recreational chemicals supply?!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-01-24 07:32|| 2014-01-24 07:32|| Front Page Top

#2 So-called Afghan Development, Obamacare, our domestic economy, and consumer confidence appear to be on parallel spirals.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-24 08:08|| 2014-01-24 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 U.S. Cuts Afghan ~~Development Aid~~ Graft By Half

It's desperately needed on the home front for the election year.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-01-24 09:46|| 2014-01-24 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 "I do think at a certain point youve made enough money."

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-24 10:03|| 2014-01-24 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Are we going to have media images of helicopters leaving Kabul soon? Maybe the MSM can channel Walter Cronkite.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-01-24 10:34|| 2014-01-24 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 P2k, no I think it's more likely that the graft becomes a larger percentage of the total.

Some of the "aid" always gets through but I think that proportion will now approach the vanishing point.

Posted by AlanC 2014-01-24 11:07|| 2014-01-24 11:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, the Palestinian model. Right.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-01-24 15:08|| 2014-01-24 15:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Let me see if I have my higher math correct:

* $219 Billion
* Afghan population = 30 million

Divide and you get $7,300 per every man, woman, and child in Afghanistan (just this year). Methinks the greed/graft/corruption angle is spot-on, as that's a LOT more than the average income in ~~Detroit~~ Afghanistan.

Posted by BA 2014-01-24 21:24|| 2014-01-24 21:24|| Front Page Top

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