Financial Corruption and the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
Americans have gawked their eyes open at U.S. foreign affairs after the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan this fall. The U.S. is at fault for many reasons, a majority of them due to the U.S.'s financial incentives that led to the overlooking of Afghanistan's economic stability, military presence, and humanitarian issues.
The U.S. has been spending more money on military defenses than it has on funding projects to revitalize Afghanistan's infrastructure and military. Many of these decisions are rooted in racism as many innocent people of Afghanistan have been targeted as potential terrorists and insurgents.
Such xenophobia better explains the lack of transparency the U.S. had with officials in Afghanistan. When it comes to funding projects in Afghanistan (alongside government aid), the U.S. has simply given money to rich locals rather than to charities and communal organizations. Perhaps these were actually private trade deals less so than they were responsible actions meant to stabilize Afghanistan's economy.
When U.S. officials defend themselves with the claim "it was a lost war," it begs the question of whether the U.S. intended to win one to protect thousands of people or profit off of the instability in the Middle East.
When the so-called 'uniter,' 'savior', 'leader of the world' is actually the one inciting the corruption for capitalist profit, what ought we as global citizens do now?
Source: The West Has Paid the Price For Neglecting the Taliban Economy
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