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Pelosi should have a committee look where the Afghan $$$ went (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP
Unfortunately, some of our best paying and secure jobs are armaments. Hoyt Aug 2021 #1
US Military and civilian contractors, mercenaries, Afghan military and civilians, Taliban, and Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #2
She'd have to.... SergeStorms Aug 2021 #3
Well yeah ... but it's awful late now FakeNoose Aug 2021 #4
Start with Blackwater owners and investors. You know who they are. nt joetheman Aug 2021 #5
Congress has approved all military funding for years leftstreet Aug 2021 #6
Never gonna happen quakerboy Aug 2021 #7

Irish_Dem

(47,014 posts)
2. US Military and civilian contractors, mercenaries, Afghan military and civilians, Taliban, and
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 05:12 PM
Aug 2021

US elected officials (via kickbacks and "campaign donations.&quot

Just off the top of my head.... I am sure I forgot a few cash loving parasites.

Those pallets of money were real and flowed for years.

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
3. She'd have to....
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 06:28 PM
Aug 2021

live to be 150 years old. It would probably be easier to name the people who didn't take the money.

Multiply the amount you come up with by 2.5 to account for Iraq.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
4. Well yeah ... but it's awful late now
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 07:16 PM
Aug 2021

The "looking into" should have happened a long time ago.
Like, when Dubya's 2 terms ended.

Sorry if I sound a little disgusted, but some of us have been beating this drum for a while.

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
7. Never gonna happen
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 07:29 PM
Aug 2021

Sure it would look bad for many of her political opponents.

But also for an unfortunate number of her allies.

Barring a wholesale turnover in elected representation, this is never going to happen in any serious way.

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