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Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
LOL. Mext they will dig up Cindy Sheehan.
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
LOL. Mext they will dig up Cindy Sheehan.
"They" you mean those commie Gold Star families?
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
LOL. Mext they will dig up Cindy Sheehan.
"They" you mean those commie Gold Star families?
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Notice it said may. But tracing it back, the story seems to orginate from this report-
Afghan War report enrages veterans and Gold Star families: "Even as more of us died, they lied"
But newsweeks title is even stretching it a bit. And most of the article talks about the time from 2009.
Report: U.S. Bribes to Protect Convoys Are Funding Taliban Insurgents
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 22, 2010 -- The United States military is helping fund both sides of the war in Afghanistan, knowingly financing a mafia-like collection of warlords and some of the very insurgents American troops are battling, according to Afghan and American officials and a new Congressional study released today.
The military has turned to private trucking companies to transport the vast majority of materiel it needs to fight the war -- everything from bullets to Gatorade, gas to sandbags -- and in turn, the companies are using American money to pay, among others, the Taliban to try to guarantee the trucks' safe passage, the reports charge.
Trucking executives and investigators from the House Subcommittee on National Security say the United States military knew it was helping fund the people it was fighting but did nothing about it, choosing to satisfy short-term delivery requirements and ignore fears that payments to the enemy help perpetuate Afghanistan's long-term security problems.
The study's findings are reinforced by half a dozen interviews conducted in the last few months by ABC News with executives from trucking and security companies, both Afghan and American. Two American trucking executives, speaking on the condition of anonymity, say the payment structure goes beyond that depicted by the House report, detailing an intricate system whereby the American military is handing over billions of dollars to companies that bribe insurgents, warlords, road bandits and even corrupt Afghan police and soldiers to hold their fire as the trucks roll past dangerous stretches of highway.
Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Agreed. There are a lot of things the government shouldn't be doing with the peoples money for sure.Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Maybe not even most.
Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Maybe not even most.
Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Maybe not even most.
The Russians when they were in Afghanistan spent about one third of their force and budget on supply line protection. That is because they really wanted to win. We don't care about that. Just keep the money flowing.
Agreed. There are a lot of things the government shouldn't be doing with the peoples money for sure.Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy
In an landmark case for families of military veterans, a large group of plaintiffs , including families of fallen soldiers, have accused American corporations, including Louis Berger Group, of playing both sides in Afghanistan for profit, even funding the Taliban which uses the proceeds to kill American soldiers. The families say the corporations pay what amounts to protection money to the Taliban for allowing projects, many ultimately doomed, to continue.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a damning Washington Post series The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which lambastes the US government for lying about progress in the war.
The UK Guardian reported on the Washington Post series:
"Hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict."
Another major defendant in the lawsuit is Kansas City-based Black & Veatch.
In 2011 Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney, a Democrat, chaired an investigation into a system of the Pentagon paying "protection money" to the Taliban for the safe passage of NATO supply convoys through hostile territory in Afghanistan, which is most of the country. The report, produced by House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, was entitled Warlord Inc.
In that report, the "protection money" to insurgents was studied for one $2 billion contract to HNT, Host Nation Trucking. The report concluded definitively that up to 20 percent of funds for contracts to transport U.S. military supplies are knowingly and systematically paid to insurgents
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 3, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted:
"You offload a ship in Karachi and by the time whatever it is – you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfasts or anti-IED equipment – gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands. And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money."
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Maybe not even most.
I was among the first contractors when Rest Area maintenance was privatized. Most government employees hated that job. Privatization of operations of parks worked out okay too in most cases but I have been out of the loop on all that for so long I don't know where it all stands at this point. One of the districts I contracted in after I quit, "please come back". I just laughed. I can't see any military privatized that will work out, prisons, nor the post office and this whole medicaid insurance scam was a true rip to pensioners, IMO. If over 80% of our tax dollars were not going towards insurance (loan guarantees are the majority included in that figure) we'd all be much better off. Banks would not be loaning on all those risky loans if they had to do it all with their money and the money belonging to depositors.Agreed. There are a lot of things the government shouldn't be doing with the peoples money for sure.Privatization is simply not the best option for all government services.Just in time for the rush to war with Iran...we discover, long suspected, war is a racket! "Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Paying Enemy" Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages #NoWarWithIran
Gold Star Families May Show "War is a Racket," Corporations Pay Taliban | HubPages
So what it comes down to is we pay private companies to transport military supplies in war torn nations. Those private companies pay our advaceries for safe passage. Our advaceries turn around and use that money to wage war on us.
Great.
There was a time when our government transported supplies for our military. It worked out pretty well. At least we didn't have private companies taking our tax dollars and using it to pay our advaceries so they can keep killing Americans.
Isn't privatization great?
Maybe not even most.
Privatization of government serviced is a mistake in most cases.
