Time For Another Vacation, Mr. President

By Semperpapa

After an article in the UK London’s Sunday Times, it may be time for President Obama to take another vacation and few more rounds of golf.

The British publication reports that an investigation has uncovered that there may be up to five companies in Kabul that are providing funding for the Taliban fighters, including bonuses for its militants of $1,000 for each US Soldier killed and $6,000 for each vehicle destroyed.

According to the article, the companies, who have received contracts for reconstruction projects, receive money from aids and foreign donors. They proceed to send the money to Teheran or Dubai, only to see the money come back under very loose control and be dispersed to the Taliban forces.

The mode by which the money returns to Afghanistan is so informal, according to Afghan intelligence officials, that its tracking becomes extremely difficult, allowing it to be utilized by the insurgency.
The brain behind the operation is thought to be the Al Qud elite force of the Iranian Republican Guard.

Ever since the news appeared in 2007 of Iran having its hand in the shipment of shaped charge IEDs to Iraq, IEDs that resulted in the death of many American and British soldiers, the shadow of the Teheran’s government has been looming over the combat operations of the coalition forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
That includes the annual migration of Taliban forces from Afghanistan to Iran in the Fall to replenish and regroup in view of their return to the fight for the usual Spring offensive.

Would it be out of line for the Obama administration to put some real pressure on Karzai to clean up his own government and to address this issue?
But I guess that would require the President to pay more than a cursory attention to that annoying foreign policy and pesky war, outside of his apologetic attitude and the use of few drones. Maybe, if Obama plays it right, he can demand a tax on the bonuses to be applied to his Obamacare!

Yes, it sure looks like time for another vacation.

Just my thoughts!