| From Richard (RJ) Eskow at The Zero Hour |
“During the past 20 years, the United States government spent $2.26 trillion toward its war and occupation of Afghanistan … Meanwhile, it is shocking to note that there was barely any construction of infrastructure to advance basic needs during these 20 years. Afghanistan’s power company ... reports that only 35 percent of the population has access to electricity and that 70 percent of the power is imported at inflated rates.
“Half of Afghanistan lives in poverty, 14 million Afghans are food insecure, and 2 million Afghan children are severely hungry. The roaring sound of hunger was combined—during these past 20 years—with the roaring sound of bombers. This is what the occupation looked like from the ground."
So much for "nation building". This war and all the wars the US has fought since 1945 have been about maintaining US power to protect US "interests", or more accurately, the interests of the capitalist class. I'm reminded of one of the chants at antiwar demonstrations in the 1960s - it's a rich man's war, but poor men (and women) fight and die - on both sides.
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