War profiteering is supposedly a crime, but in reality it’s an industry.
The Intercept @theintercept
18 Aug 2021
From the perspective of some of the most powerful people in the U.S., the Afghanistan War may have been an extraordinary success, writes @schwarz. Notably, the boards of directors of all five defense contractors include retired top-level military officers. interc.pt/3iVs1bC

Aug 18, 2021 · 2:44 PM UTC

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Glenn Greenwald
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18 Aug 2021
In case you're still confused about why the US security state and political class loathes Julian Assange so much and wants him imprisoned forever, watch this video of him in 2011 talking about the purpose of the war in Afghanistan. He's imprisoned because he's a real journalist:
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Straight up greed.
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Yes - that we Americans enabled. In the name of American Exceptionalism and spreading “democracy” and “women’s rights”. The writing was on the wall this whole time, it pains me to say.
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As long as it’s for feminism though, seems justifiable
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What about 150 billion in cash from oboma to Iran. The Dems are the puppet masters of all this crap
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Lloyd Austin is laughing all the way to the bank.
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