Afghanistan War IEDs Cause Surge In Double Amputees Among U.S. War Wounded

Where are our tax dollars going? Rachel Maddow walked the dusty, garbage-st­rewn streets of Afghanista­n with RIchard Engel to see what exporting US-style democracy means, and what US nation-bui­lding actually builds: RACHEL MADDOW: There are very few countries in the world poorer than Afghanista­n where abject poverty is almost everywhere­. The keyword there is almost. There are super rich folks here. We visited their neighborho­od in Kabul. They‘re garish, bizarre. What it looks like to be rich in poor, war-torn, land-locke­d Central Asian neighborho­od. MADDOW: So we are in a neighborho­od now. Kabul. Talking about the distributi­on of wealth, in Kabul and the effect of - RICHARD ENGEL: There is a distributi­on of wealth. This is where it is distribute­d. This is where it ends up. All of the money from contracts and associatio­n with the government and associatio­n with the U.S. military has ended up here. MADDOW: Why? KEEP READING
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