
Weekends: The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan w/ Tariq Ali
Jacobin Radio
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Afganistan - A Crude War of Revenge
The cost of air conditioning alone for the troops who were stationed there during the summer months was huge. Nothing was done to improve the conditions of the people of afghanistan, either men or women,. Or the population as a whole. i worked out once with afgan friend, that it would have cost five thousand dollars, that is all, to build a solid mud house made with mud bricks, to house a family of four or five people. And even more. They didn't want to do it. Because if you don't have social democracy at home, you're fighting agains it you don't want state money spent on creating better conditions for your own people. Why the hell should
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