What business lessons can we learn from the Afghanistan situation?

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Good insights Dien.

They ring up the cost at around 2 TRILLION dollars. Sure, we know the defense contractors made their loot, it is, after all the largest welfare program the US operates. Little tiny 100 to 200 million dollar contracts for things like TRANSIT, not only getting trucks there, but paying to have them "protected" while delivering the things needed for war.

It is known as WAR PROFITEERING, and it has been around since the first war.

The difference with Afghanistan is how millions upon millions of dollars went unaccounted for, and there were many profiteers in many countries who got rich off of this so called war. Let alone the complicity in the drug traffic.

The old saw, "follow the money", is an impossible game of chutes and ladders with snakes eating their rattlers, but it was FOR A SELECT FEW, the greatest business opportunity of their lifetime.

Just as Vietnam was for LBJ Texas cronies.

Hi Gordon,

One thing I love about you is you tell 'em like you see 'em, and you don't hold back!

I haven't looked into the profiteering in the Afghan war, but you're right, undoubtedly there was a truckload... jumbo-jet load... maybe aircraft-carrier load? of profiteering going on...

So, for the profiteers, the war was most likely a huge success...

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

Very odd thing about LBJ, the liberal democrat who got the first civil rights act passed, was also the guy who put the very right wing texas consortium of war profiteers together. And by the way, the kbr and halliburton gang did pretty dang well in Afghanistan too, Vietnam allowed them to work the kinks out of their scams, I mean, contracts and services.

Gordon

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

One thing I love about you is you tell 'em like you see 'em, and you don't hold back!

I haven't looked into the profiteering in the Afghan war, but you're right, undoubtedly there was a truckload... jumbo-jet load... maybe aircraft-carrier load? of profiteering going on...

So, for the profiteers, the war was most likely a huge success...

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

Not just me Dien, here is a well written summation from someone who was there:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/served-af...100000389.html

Yea.

Gordon

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

One thing I love about you is you tell 'em like you see 'em, and you don't hold back!

I haven't looked into the profiteering in the Afghan war, but you're right, undoubtedly there was a truckload... jumbo-jet load... maybe aircraft-carrier load? of profiteering going on...

So, for the profiteers, the war was most likely a huge success...

Best wishes,

Dien

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Not just me Dien, here is a well written summation from someone who was there:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/served-af...100000389.html

Yea.

Gordon

Hi Gordon,

I believe you (and him)!

I agree there was a lot of war profiteering going on, and also a lot of corruption...

Many people undoubtedly would have loved it to go on forever...

I also agree with him that it's not the American people's fault (I also read an article with that argument). I think it is now very clear there were a lot of lies... and without a doubt, many have gotten richer from the war through deceptive means...

I didn't know that about LBJ, by the way!

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

LBJ has had as many bios as anyone, the best are from Caro, and there are some amazing things in this man's life.

NO one was a more crafty, shrewd, conniving politico than he was.

And we are STILL paying the price for some of his shenanigans.

GJA

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

I believe you (and him)!

I agree there was a lot of war profiteering going on, and also a lot of corruption...

Many people undoubtedly would have loved it to go on forever...

I also agree with him that it's not the American people's fault (I also read an article with that argument). I think it is now very clear there were a lot of lies... and without a doubt, many have gotten richer from the war through deceptive means...

I didn't know that about LBJ, by the way!

Best wishes,

Dien