Bradley Manning's exposure of private contractors paying the Taliban was one of Wikileaks' most important revelations. It's still happening.
This article shows Gold Star Families suing those private contractors for the deaths and injuries of American troops.
If we leave these private contractors in Afghanistan, the Taliban will continue to thrive.
This treason was one of the first things exposed by Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks in 2010.
https://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/united-states-military-funding-tal...
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Report: U.S. Bribes to Protect Convoys Are Funding Taliban Insurgents
By NICK SCHIFRIN KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 22, 2010
Examples of mainstream media coverage of Wikileaks and Manning releases of information are seen here in CNN and ABCNews 2010 reports on U.S. private contractors paying the Taliban for safe passage on supply roads.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/afghanistan.wikileaks.corrup...
42% of Americans don't know, have forgotten, or just don't care, that our troops are still fighting and dying in Afghanistan, but it turns out that the Taliban still care.
“Our troops will fight to win. From now on, victory will have a clear definition: attacking our enemies, obliterating ISIS, crushing al-Qaeda, preventing the Taliban from taking over the country, and stopping mass terror attacks against Americans before they emerge.”
"One way or another, these problems will be solved — I'm a problem solver — and, in the end, we will win."
- President Trump, August 21, 2017
Last month the peace marchers finished their 430-mile journey in Kabul. If anyone still doubted the strength of their convictions, they soon put those doubts to rest.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently said, “We do look toward a victory in Afghanistan.”
Last week's official report says the opposite.
Talk about bad judgement--here ya go again Hillary.
And so this just breaking. Ted is involved in a sex scandal. Nothing 100% concrete yet but it's a matter of time. I somehow knew this would happen over a year ago.
Things are not going well in Afghanistan.
