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(Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, according to the New York Times, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.
The so-called "ghost money" was meant to buy influence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) but instead fuelled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington's exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying.
"The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan", one American official said, "was the United States."
Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office: New York Times
Ain't America wonderful.....
Making friends, influencing people all over the world.
Yup. Millions of dollars of cold hard American cash have disappeared out of thin air--and still remain unaccounted for--but to the partisans and uninformed, it's so much more fun whining about American welfare recipients!
The Karzai-centric strategy pursued under both the Bush and Obama Administrations has been more akin to a disaster than a success. Karzai has been an erratic and unreliable leader. He is a big reason why Afghanistan remains at risk of conflict and substantial strife once the U.S. largely withdraws in 2014.
In that context, these money transfers are not surprising. IMO, Congress should close the kind of legal loopholes that make such money transfers possible.
Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office: New York Times
Ain't America wonderful.....
Making friends, influencing people all over the world.
Yup. Millions of dollars of cold hard American cash have disappeared out of thin air--and still remain unaccounted for--but to the partisans and uninformed, it's so much more fun whining about American welfare recipients!
The Karzai-centric strategy pursued under both the Bush and Obama Administrations has been more akin to a disaster than a success. Karzai has been an erratic and unreliable leader. He is a big reason why Afghanistan remains at risk of conflict and substantial strife once the U.S. largely withdraws in 2014.
In that context, these money transfers are not surprising. IMO, Congress should close the kind of legal loopholes that make such money transfers possible.
Right, because cold hard American cash disappearing is only bad when under certain circumstances?
Prior to your post, no one defended giving this ass-clown getting millions in American greenbacks, yet you posted the, "holy-crap-look-at-the-Right-Wing-partisan-hacks", post anyway.
Hello, pot! Where is kettle??
Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office: New York Times
Ain't America wonderful.....
Making friends, influencing people all over the world.
Yeah, the Taliban did SUCH a great job! Look how they took the millions of, "hard cold American cash", from Clinton. Awesome!!!!
I have posted a few threads about the lost cash in Iraq and few cared to respond. Millions of missing dollars disappear out of thin air, yet few gave a rat's ass. Yet someone here posts something about food stamps being used for potato chips, and by golly, 85 pages into it, the flaming partisans still have their panties all knotted up.
The Karzai-centric strategy pursued under both the Bush and Obama Administrations has been more akin to a disaster than a success. Karzai has been an erratic and unreliable leader. He is a big reason why Afghanistan remains at risk of conflict and substantial strife once the U.S. largely withdraws in 2014.
In that context, these money transfers are not surprising. IMO, Congress should close the kind of legal loopholes that make such money transfers possible.
Clinton paid Bin Laden to fight the Russians? You wanna go up that revolutionist road or shall I wait until you gain your senses and see the error of your understanding?
2000-2001 US gives Taliban 245 million in aid.
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After over a decade, it amazes me that two administrations were unable to see what the average Joe on the street knew within the first year of the war... that Karzai was a corrupt, unqualified narcissist with zero leadership/administrative skills and an insatiable appetite for both power and money. What a massive cluster**** Afghanistan has been, initially implemented in haste without a clear goal or exit strategy, which has left the country in more disarray, with more power in Taliban hands now than when we first arrived.
America may have the most powerful military on the planet, but that doesn't do much when it is controlled by a pack of fools with an agenda, and that is exactly what happened in Afghanistan and Iraq.
After over a decade, it amazes me that two administrations were unable to see what the average Joe on the street knew within the first year of the war... that Karzai was a corrupt, unqualified narcissist with zero leadership/administrative skills and an insatiable appetite for both power and money. What a massive cluster**** Afghanistan has been, initially implemented in haste without a clear goal or exit strategy, which has left the country in more disarray, with more power in Taliban hands now than when we first arrived.
America may have the most powerful military on the planet, but that doesn't do much when it is controlled by a pack of fools with an agenda, and that is exactly what happened in Afghanistan and Iraq.
No, but he did pay them hundreds of millions to erradicate the poppy crops.
Awwww! Even Michael Moore knew about Clinton giving $245 million in, "hard-cold-Amercan-cash", to the Tallies!
How much did Reagan gave them?
PS. Who was President in 2000-2001?
In 2000? Um, it was Clinton.
Try and learn something about how our system works, before you start bitching about it...TYVM!!!!
2000-2001, I wrote. Again you seem big on revolutionism.
it's so much more fun whining about American welfare recipients!
you seem big on revolutionism
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