FUBAR In Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (Righthaven LLC?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: Keep in mind we are talking about a Senate report for a hearing in July 2010. Four months later we are starting to get the downsides of the report.

Where are the upsides of that report?




Afghan security contractors may pose threat
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Oct 16, 2010 10:35:00 EDT

The committee’s inquiry uncovered evidence of private security contractors funneling U.S. taxpayers dollars to Afghan warlords and strongmen linked to murder, kidnapping, bribery and other Taliban and anti-coalition activities. It revealed squandered resources and dangerous failures in contractor performance, including untrained guards, insufficient and unserviceable weapons, unmanned posts and other shortcomings that directly affect the safety of U.S. military personnel.

[TBF]

1. Recommend, nt

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

I remember when it first came out (U.S. funding the very people the U.S. is waging war against)

[DemReadingDU]

3. Thanks for the summary

and your dedication to inform us what is going on.

It is becoming more frightening what 'they' don't want us to know about.

[Angry Dragon]

4. I thought it was illegal to have your own army in this country??

[tuckessee]

5. If that army is a CIA front then it's prefectly fine. n/t