Wouldn’t this imply these invasions have been a massive waste of blood and treasure?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032802971.html

The son of Hamid Karzai’s defense minister has a $360,000,000 contract with the US government to supply trucks by basically distributing protection money to the warlords and “Taliban” that we in turn are fighting. We are basically PAYING and SUPPLYING our own “enemies” to keep this idiotic war lasting longer than any other in American history. Of course, none of these “enemies” ever harmed America – and Al Queda checked out of Hotel Afghanistan a long time ago.

As for Karzai and his drug warlord brother, they might lose a little sleep if they stay up to read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem

Meanwhile, I always marveled why the US thought it was necessary to install Karzai and a “strong central government” in the first place instead of letting old King Zahir Shah preside over a loose tribal confederacy and just getting out of Afghan politics.

Nations should stand up for their own national interests against bullying by the American government. But then perhaps the American people should stand for OUR national interests against that of the neocon/neoliberal meddling Wilsonian interventionists in the American government.

The interventionists’ mess, however, predates Messiah Obama (anyone remember Dubya??).