It's hard to disagree with the premise of the following piece from Understanding Each Other blog.
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.Since 1990 most wars fought had little to do with ideology.
By Agha H Amin
Follow the money trail in Afghanistan and Iraq and one would understand that both wars benefitted some top 100 companies in the West.Not only that huge rackets were witnessed.The fuel that the NATO and US forces buys is grossly overpriced,even mineral water is grossly overpriced.Each School an 8 class room pathetic structure was contracted to big 100 companies for as much as 400,000 USD and actually built for 30,000 US Dollars
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