Brand New IMHO. The US has spent a LOT of money in Afghanistan on paved highways, irrigation for the growth of poppies and such. The extent of it is not widely known, but it is HUGE.
We have literally snatched the country away from being a society of troglodytes, by rebuilding.Very little is written or said about it.
And we get little thanks for it.
56 posted on 10/18/2009 4:06:07 PM PDT by Candor7
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