By Steven
Alex forwarded to me this Rachel Maddow segment on how our tax money works in Afghanistan.
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Nice neighborhood. Now take a look at what other people in Afghanistan live in:
(Image from the RAWA web site)
Does anyone remember that the so-called "Norther Alliance" the Bush Administration recruited to kick out the Taliban are actually a bunch of warlords who have committed numerous crimes against, well, pretty much everyone? (see Our Scary New Best Friends from Salon.com from right after the beginning of the war).
Can we really afford to keep throwing money at people who are already insanely rich?
Update: I had trouble making the video play just now. I case this happens to your here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#38139587
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