CNN's Rick Sanchez: Pakistan Gives The Taliban Millions Of Dollars

[Turborama]

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Yeah, WTF?

[leftchick]

1. I don't understand why Rick is so shocked

anyone paying attention could see this coming. And Pakistan has nukes,

[JDPriestly]

3. Rick isn't shocked. He is just phony.

This piece sounded like some kind of propaganda bit. Sounded like they were reading something they didn't believe was altogether true. They presented this for sensational value. Sounded like the nukes in Iraq, WMDs build-up all over. Oh, no. Wonder what is really happening. Giving money to insurgents tends to backfire especially when they are religious extremists.

[rocktivity]

2. Didn't Bush give the Taliban $34 million

Not long before 9/11?

:think:
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[rocktivity]

4. (Gets of shiftless lazy ass and does her own research)

Booya.

Yet the Bush administration did more than praise the Taliban's proclaimed ban of opium cultivation. In mid-May, 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced a $43 million grant to Afghanistan in addition to the humanitarian aid the United States had long been providing to agencies assisting Afghan refugees. Given Callahan's comment, there was little doubt that the new stipend was a reward for Kabul's anti-drug efforts. That $43 million grant needs to be placed in context. Afghanistan's estimated gross domestic product was a mere $2 billion. The equivalent financial impact on the U.S. economy would have required an infusion of $215 billion. In other words, $43 million was very serious money to Afghanistan's theocratic masters.

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