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C-SPAN | Q&A: Douglas Wissing talked about Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban, his book detailing his assertion that much of the U.S. taxpayer money spent in Afghanistan is diverted to the Taliban"

"Now, a new book by award winning, independent journalist Douglas Wissing, chronicles how the US has in effect, funded both sides of its war in Afghanistan. In "Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban," Wissing establishes a shocking pattern of policies in the Afghanistan war, and their consequences"

"As the media frantically investigates the alleged improprieties of the U.S. commanders in Afghanistan, generals Petraeus and Allen, is this brouhaha distracting us from the real question: Have these generals been effective? Have any of the eleven U.S. commanders over the last eleven years been effective?"

"According to journalist Douglas Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy, once the unholy alliance was forged between the brothers Karzai, rapacious warlords and incestuous multinational corporations, U.S. taxpayer dollars began to "lubricate an entire system of corruption that eventually extended to the Taliban.""

"On entre dans une situation de crise, c'est un tournant pour les Afghans, mais aussi pour l'opinion publique aux États-Unis et pour les soldats américains», dit Douglas Wissing, journaliste qui vient de publier un livre sur l'engagement des troupes américaines en Afghanistan. Le titre de son livre est éloquent: Financer l'ennemi."

"Now comes a decidedly contrary point of view. It's from Douglas A. Wissing, author of the just-published Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. After spending time with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he's come to the conclusion that the U.S.-led effort there is flagging, if not already doomed. "

"The U.S. has been financing both sides of the war in Afghanistan since 2001 as a startling percentage of foreign aid continues to flood Taliban coffers on a daily basis, according to Douglas A. Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban."

Podcast: KSFR-Santa Fe interview on Radio Cafe Show "Douglas Wissing Historian, journalist, and author of the book Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban"

My interview on the Jerry Doyle Show discussing the CIA "ghost money" payments to Pres. Karzai, and our dysfunctional war in Afghanistan.

An interview with the well-respected Afghan Minister of Agriculture.