“The cash-cow that was Afghanistan allowed for billions to be transferred from the U.S. public to the defense contractors, private military firms, construction companies that didn’t build anything, and weapons manufacturers,” he continued. “The whole infrastructure of the corrupt state was too good to turn off. As long as they could keep the Taliban at bay while they made their money, nobody really cared.”
Source: The Empire Falls Back: Kabul’s Keystone Cops Collapse: Chomsky, Others Comment
1848+: The End(s) of History 