intervention expert stephen leatherman says washington will once to keep its grip on afghanistan because waging war is looking to. residents out on the street with a small security detail not a practical a marine division mc i see him he wouldn't last five minutes the resistance in afghanistan want to liberate a country don't take any opportunity they can to tug any official it any level in any time not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops about thirty or forty thousand other troops there are well over a hundred thousand private security contractors you never know it was discussed in the major media so combat forces may come out of private security forces may go in to take their place america wages wars not just to win them but to wage them because the profits are so great the war profiteers want these wars waged ten billion dollars we know of poor down a rathole every month besides the regular affairs appropriations for the afghans for all of us defense operations this is money down or apple going to go to war profiteers analysts also say the violence in afghanistan is being prec

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more thought now about these very unfortunate events let's talk to radio host and author stephen leatherman is joining us on the line from chicago mr lemon either thanks if. these awful events unfold you know you're watching your side of the pond as well and we've already had unconfirmed claims by that group called themselves the helpers of the global jihad that this attack is a direct response to the presence of norwegian forces in afghanistan do you think that sounds like a realistic claim a realistic theory. karen i have written on numerous appearance numerous individuals falsely charged numerous official stories changed when i later evidence can i give you some examples both in america and europe both world trade center up on me is in america we know about matter whether the evidence is overwhelming that the nine eleven attack itself was a false flag most people forget about the nineteen ninety three bombing. i mean number of people were convicted i wrote about one shape durometer in the so-called blind sheikh he was completely innocent he got life in prison he was a former cia asset th

intervention expert stephen leatherman says washington will want to keep its grip on afghanistan because waging war is looking to. the president and. the security. guards to utilize five minute. the resistance and of ghana spirit and want to liberate a country go take any opportunity they care to tug any you fish up it any way will it any turning not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops here or way over a hundred thousand private security contractors you never discuss the nature of media so combat forces may come out of private security forces may go when you take their course america always is wars not just to win them but to wage them because the profits are so great the war profiteers won each wars waged ten billion dollars we know all of coal down a rathole every month besides the regular affairs appropriations for all of you were rationed this is money down or all going to the war profiteers analysts also say the violence in afghanistan is being precipitated by local security forces which contain drug addicts and those connected to the

with how this machine shaped the war effort and to talk more about this earlier i spoke to stephen leatherman host of the progressive radio news hour and michael prysner an iraq war veteran and political activist i asked them about the legacy that gates is leaving behind and where the u.s. is now with all of these wars here's what they have the sack. before becoming secretary of defense robert gates served on many board of trustees and corporate boards for oil drilling companies for weapons manufacturers for defense contractors so robert gates' legacy is one of just another millionaire who came from the board rooms of big oil of the defense industry of wall street and who has sent now over two million young people are husbands wives families to fight wars that benefit only wall street and big oil robert gates legacy is one of thousands of dead u.s. soldiers tens of thousands of amputees an epidemic record suicides record military spending and of course complete destruction for iraq and afghanistan and really the six total countries that are being bombed by the united states by the pentagon th