Our "elites" have been rotten and wrong to the core forever. David Halberstam wrote a book on it regarding their handling of the Vietnam conflict published in 1975. This debacle shows its only gotten worse since than. After all the analysis, for the US this was a contracts$$$$ war designed to line the pockets of defense contractors, reti…
Our "elites" have been rotten and wrong to the core forever. David Halberstam wrote a book on it regarding their handling of the Vietnam conflict published in 1975. This debacle shows its only gotten worse since than. After all the analysis, for the US this was a contracts$$$$ war designed to line the pockets of defense contractors, retiring senior officers going into the private sector, politicians, and on the criminal side afghani nationals who stole wholesale the US taxpayers money - But of every $100 million of this steal, our "elites" got their cut$$. Folks, you have to remember this money our "elites" allowed to be stolen over decades was not their money, it was your money - money you could have used to buy that dress for your wife, that car for your kid, that house in a better neighborhood / school district for your family, that boat for yourself............
Many people have written books about the elites and those despicable America-hating ivory tower leftists share your conspiracy that the US military is merely a tool used to line the pockets of contractors, blood for oil, etc. You are all wrong. We remain at war against Islamic fundamentalism and both wars were instrumental in the fight. American exceptionalism is real and the progress made in Afghanistan was real, and could be measured in various metrics such as access to education, electricity, medicine, safety for women etc. But of course you will piss on such statistics and focus on the pork.
Our "elites" have been rotten and wrong to the core forever. David Halberstam wrote a book on it regarding their handling of the Vietnam conflict published in 1975. This debacle shows its only gotten worse since than. After all the analysis, for the US this was a contracts$$$$ war designed to line the pockets of defense contractors, retiring senior officers going into the private sector, politicians, and on the criminal side afghani nationals who stole wholesale the US taxpayers money - But of every $100 million of this steal, our "elites" got their cut$$. Folks, you have to remember this money our "elites" allowed to be stolen over decades was not their money, it was your money - money you could have used to buy that dress for your wife, that car for your kid, that house in a better neighborhood / school district for your family, that boat for yourself............
Many people have written books about the elites and those despicable America-hating ivory tower leftists share your conspiracy that the US military is merely a tool used to line the pockets of contractors, blood for oil, etc. You are all wrong. We remain at war against Islamic fundamentalism and both wars were instrumental in the fight. American exceptionalism is real and the progress made in Afghanistan was real, and could be measured in various metrics such as access to education, electricity, medicine, safety for women etc. But of course you will piss on such statistics and focus on the pork.