Bombs Kill 46 Across Afghanistan

August 21, 2012

Tags: Bombs, Green on Blue
Posted in: Afghanistan

…and nobody cares (link to news).

(Except people in Afghanistan of course.

Both candidates are going out of their way not to talk about America’s longest war and the media barely get out of their chairs for a story absent the semi-regular “Green on Blue” pieces that document just how pathetic the situation is after 12 years and so many deaths. Oh, America has another new ambassador to Afghanistan, the seventh since the war started. The US embassy helpfully has a video of his swearing in in Kabul, with a color guard, speeches and everything, so they’re not just sitting around (bet there was cake)!

Not that it is related [OK, it’s related] but while the US remains stuck like an LA crackhead on more and more war, Brazil announced a nearly $66 billion investment package on Wednesday to beef up the nation’s ailing road and rail systems, part of efforts to solve serious transportation bottlenecks and spur a sputtering economy.

Fixing all of the US infrastructure would cost about $1 trillion, a third of the money that has been spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. Go ahead, argue the numbers, but the point is valid nonetheless.

That’s all, thanks and sorry to have interrupted.)

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