How The US Should Have Spent The Afghanistan War Budget
If you’ve turned on the news in the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen plenty of coverage of the disastrous situation in Afghanistan. Two decades and over two trillion dollars later, what does the US - or Afghanistan - have to show for our brutal and prolonged occupation? How could that money have been better spent? How The US Should Have Spent The Afghanistan War Budget – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS music by Sam Kužel - https://samkuzel.com/ New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Mainstream Coverage Washington Post Coverage: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ Al Jazeera Coverage: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/16/the-us-spent-2-trillion-in-afghanistan-and-for-what Forbes Coverage: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2021/08/16/the-war-in-afghanistan-cost-america-300-million-per-day-for-20-years-with-big-bills-yet-to-come/?sh=4f67928b7f8d China’s High Speed Rail: https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/sectors/why-china-can-build-high-speed-rail34socheaply7365/ https://www.railway-technology.com/features/high-speed-rail-in-china/ US Interstate System: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a14499092/fast-facts-the-47000-plus-mile-us-interstate-system-feature/ CBO Report: https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2020-12/56811-Single-Payer.pdf Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
