{"id":7622,"date":"2012-08-21T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wemeantwell.com\/blog\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2012-08-21T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:43:56","slug":"bombs-kill-46-across-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wemeantwell.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/bombs-kill-46-across-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombs Kill 46 Across Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>…and nobody cares (link to news<\/a>).
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(Except people in Afghanistan of course. <\/p>\n

Both candidates<\/a> are going out of their way not to talk about America’s longest war and the media<\/a> barely get out of their chairs for a story absent the semi-regular “Green on Blue<\/a>” 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<\/a> since the war started. The US embassy helpfully has a video<\/a> of his swearing in in Kabul, with a color guard, speeches and everything, so they’re not just sitting around (bet there was cake)!
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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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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