American Taxpayers Major Funding of Taliban

This year alone, Great Britain lost 216 of their soldiers in Afghanistan. Canada lost its 131st, Denmark its 25th,Italy its 20th,and Poland, where a majority of its people want an immediate withdrawal,lost its 12th. Even as other nations are running away from Afghanistan and other worn torn areas nearby, our nation is currently sending 45,000 more troops into Afghanistan alone! Are we the only ones who can't get our heads out of the sand and see what a huge mistake this will be?

The Talibanis currently fighting with 100,000 troops in peaceful Afghanistan regions like Kunduz and Baghlan. Pour in upwards of 200,000 troops, from America as well as other nations, and it is a given that more Afghanistan people will convert to the Taliban-not only to protect themselves and insure that they are not caught in the crossfire, but because they don't want foreign troops in their country.

The country of Afghanistan won't be the only region under our military attack. Neighboring Pakistan, where so many American politicians believe Osama Bin Laden is still hiding out, will also be overrun be troop insurgency.

According to Pakistani media, it has been reported that the United States plans to deploy a large number of marines with the plan to expand its embassy in Islamabad. Our country is demanding Pakistan to give 700,000 acres of their land to build a super-sized military base there. What I am dying to know is, how the hell are we going to get the money to accomplish that? I am all for protecting our country and helping another country in need, but we aren't wanted in the Middle East. Pakistan is furious at America wanting to take their Muslim land and invading their country. They want to run their own affairs, not have some Western civilization take over.

We are fighting another region's war. It is Israel and Palestine that want control the Gaza Strip. Let them fight over it. I can see how it would affect us in the long run, but it's going to affect us either way, so let's get our nose out of their business!

And Iran? Do you honestly see them wanting to work with the U.N? Have they ever been honest? What will stop them from not surprising us with a missile? What will stop them from surprising someone else, like Israel, with a missile? We need to get our noses out of Iran's business, but how? Have we really accomplished anything in the past eight years in this stupid war? I am a veteran's child and completely support our troops, don't ever mistake that. I am proud they gave their lives for my freedoms. But most of the “accomplishments” our government touts in this war seem to be misleading and then is further skewed by the media. Can you really believe our government or some of the media outlets? So, can we really stop Iran from making secret missiles by sending in more innocent troops? Defense Secretary Gates stated today that 'military action against Iran only buys time. The only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to strengthened.' Like that's going to happen! Good ole' Russia actually believes the bologna we Americans are being fed that Iran isn't nuclear ready yet. Mahmoud AhmadinejadMahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't fear us, he is probably laughing his ass off at us right now!

What about Georgia? Georgia’s ex-President Eduard Shevardnadze has condemned our potential deployment into their country, stating they would gain nothing from it. I agree. Tensions have been building with America since the war between Russia and Georgia last month. Russia has made it clear they want us to stop meddling into their affairs as well.

Russia also openly declared its ambition to rival the US in Latin America yesterday as Prime Minister Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin promised to sell nuclear technology to Venezuela. Russia is eying the global possibilities of Latin America becoming a more noticeable and viable power in the world. Their rich resources as a country as gripped Russia's interests and now they are building an alliance with them in economic and foreign policy. It is also a way to “get back” at America because Venezuela has long since despised America and want to retain their own nuclear energy program. Nuclear warships were recently dispatched to Venezuela for military exercisesin the Caribbean, traditionally seen as America's backyard. This would be the first deployment of naval ships to Latin America since the Cold War. Venezuela would reap the rewards of this mission by receiving a cool $1 billion loan to buy Russian weaponry. Venezuela is the ninth largest oil producer in the world and a major supplier to the US, while Russia is the second largest oil exporter and has a quarter of global gas reserves. This new and improved relationship is colossal and will have everlasting affects on the rest of the world.

I'll close with this most shocking and baffling bit of news. It may already solidify your growing inquiries and concerns yet to be confirmed until now. The Taliban aren't making a killing by, well, killing people. They aren't making a good living in the poppy business as once thought. They are mostly funded by foreign donations. Yes, that's right folks.The CIA recently estimated that Taliban leaders and their allies received $106 million in the past year from donors outside Afghanistan! Aren't you proud of where your tax dollars are going?

For the past decade, the U.S. Treasury and the U.N. Security Council have maintained financial blacklists of suspected donors to the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The U.N. list, originally designed to pressure the Taliban to hand over al-Qaeda leader Osama bin LadenOsama bin Laden, requires all U.N. members to freeze the assets of designated Taliban officials and their supporters. Despite the 9-11 terrorist attack, only a handful of alleged Taliban benefactors have been added to the list.

With the influx of so many billions of dollars, the Taliban has been able to spread the wealth and power of its terrorism across the globe. Extorting the donated funds has made the Taliban impossible to combat and the money even more impossible to track.