Afghanistan war 'largely a wealth transfer' to military contractors, says 'Black Swan' author

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'I am not claiming conspiracy, just facts,' Taleb said responding to one of the commentators who said that Julian Assange said a similar point.

that U.S. troops can get as many women out of Afghanistan as they can, but warned against using military force to deal with women's rights.

Weighing in on whether the Taliban pose a threat to the U.S., Biden said,"There's a significantly greater threat to the United States from Syria. There's a significantly greater threat from East Africa... We don't have military in Syria to make sure that we're gonna be protected." The war in Afghanistan has largely been"a wealth transfer" to military contractors, author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said Saturday. Above, demonstrators show solidarity with Afghanistan on August 21 in London.

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