Washington spends about $100 million a day on this war--close to $36 billion a year--but only five cents of every dollar actually goes towards aid. From this paltry sum, the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief found "a staggering 40 percent has returned to donor countries in corporate profits and salaries." Opium production accounts for more than half of the country's gross domestic product. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.