Cash For Crooks And The Corrupt

Following the September 11 2001 attacks on New York and Washington D.C. the U.S. sought out those responsible.  After Al Qaida took credit the American government demanded that the Taliban government turn over those accused of the crime to the U.S. so that they could face justice. The Taliban refused.  Setting in motion the American war in Afghanistan which is on going to this day.  Casting about for a leader they could work with: an acceptable allie that would follow American political doctrine Hamid Karzai was their choice.  Having a western education they assumed that he would aqueous to policies seen as preferable to American interests.  All for a little incentive, good old American green backs.         

Just a few problems have arisen seen all of these wonderful events have taken place.  The Afghani government is one of the most corrupt in the world with ties to drug dealing and embezzlement aid funds ment for the rebuilding of the country.  

So, why should come as any surprise that the C.I.A has been delivering large sums of money to the office of the president all in cash.   After all the C.I.A has done this before all in the name of American interests just ask the people of Iran how well it has all worked out.

Today's New York Times has  a front page story about?  The C.I.A.  handing over large amounts of cash to office of the President of Afghanistan: How surprising!

 For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.
 All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the C.I.A. to the office of President Hamid Karzai, according to current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.“We called it ‘ghost money,’ ” said Khalil Roman, who served as Mr. Karzai’s deputy chief of staff from 2002 until 2005. “It came in secret, and it left in secret.”

Ghost money. What a wonderful euphemism "Ghost Money" as elusive as a real ghost perhaps the Ghost Busters should be envolved?

Moreover, there is little evidence that the payments bought the influence the C.I.A. sought. Instead, some American officials said, the cash has fueled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington’s exit strategy from Afghanistan.
“The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,” one American official said, “was the United States.”

Imagine that the money helped foster corruption in an overtly corrupt nation how surprising.