13-01-2009, 07:33 AM
Good piece, Magda. Tomdispatch is a good site.
I know Obama's publicly committed to upping the ante in Afghanistan, but hopefully he'll realise America can't afford it anymore. And what a grubby little scam it is. Big scam, I should say.
If the US sinks into depression style times, which looks likely, then 300 million struggling Americans won't tolerate the country's dwindling wealth being sucked up the line into the hands of mercenary privateers, one would think. In fact, criminal prosecutions might eventually become necessary.
Just joking---the US would need to become a democracy first.
I know Obama's publicly committed to upping the ante in Afghanistan, but hopefully he'll realise America can't afford it anymore. And what a grubby little scam it is. Big scam, I should say.
If the US sinks into depression style times, which looks likely, then 300 million struggling Americans won't tolerate the country's dwindling wealth being sucked up the line into the hands of mercenary privateers, one would think. In fact, criminal prosecutions might eventually become necessary.
Just joking---the US would need to become a democracy first.