Who Benefited from the 20 years War in Afghanistan ?
The image on BBC television of des perate Afghans clinging to the side of a US military plane leaving Kabul airport - with at least two apparently falling to their deaths from the undercarriage - was gut-wrenching. It tells a story of the betrayal of American Foreign policy. Subsequently, on August 30 th 2021, all US troops left Afghanistan after twenty years of military involvement. This article argues that fat cat capitalist defense contractors are the main beneficiaries of the US 2.6 trillion dollars spent to fight a war that has been costly and should have been mediated by diplomatic maneuvers. The United States launched the war in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001, Taliban-led terrorist attacks. In an address on September 20, 2001, US President George Bush demanded the Taliban deliver Bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders to the United States or " . . .share in their fate." They refused to concur with these demands. Of course, Bush had to rea