Because freedom isn't free! And because grifters can never not grift:
Really what he’s doing is he’s reprising a role that he played in the 1980s when he worked with the Reagan administration to arrange money and arms for mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan, and also worked with the CIA in Nicaragua to support the Contras. So, in many ways, this is a very familiar position for Prince Bandar. And it’s amazing to see, you know, the extent to which veterans at the CIA were excited to see him come back, because, you know, in the words of a diplomat who knows Bandar, he brings the Arabic term wasta, which means under-the-table clout. You know his checks are not going to bounce and that he’ll be able to deliver the money from the Saudis.
It really is amazing how much of America's foreign policy is shaped not by our elected leaders but by unelected fixers and bagmen, and it's equally amazing how so many of their policy decisions turn out to be such long-term disasters for us. Then again, to them it's primarily a money grab, and if any people get killed as a result, it's just the cost of doing business. It certainly helps to clarify the reason why we must start bombing immediately---we've got an investment to protect!
---Baron V
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