Kabul; New York

It's really odd to see America exposing the corruption in Afghanistan so viciously while at the same time not exposing the corruption in their own country. Clearly, America's trying desperately to portray Afghanistan as a country that is incapable of governing their own nation. Whereas America is a country that is capable of governing a multitude. Right. America; the nation that attacked Iraq for no other reason than to further its empire, or possibly to avenge George Bush's fathers death threat. Yes. We are competent. So competent that after the financial crises which featured an innumerable amount of devious bankers, CEOs, stock brokers, etc. not one of them, according to law suits, is a criminal worthy of jail time. They are just criminals worthy of settlements. Give us some money, says the Justice Department and the SEC, and we'll keep anything from going inside of a place that naturally pushes things outside of a place. Basically, the law is saying, fraudulently make tons a money and then give a small portion of it back. Think of it as a tax. Therefore, we both make money. The downside will be no one else will. But that's okay because their not us. And shouldn't we look after us, as opposed to the US. We're people too. We want a nice house too.

 Its hypocritical of America to portray the Afghan government as one of corruption when they're copying the same unethical and oligarchical tactics that America does. The Kabul Bank pays politicians to push their political agenda. How is that any different from corporate campaign donors. Why would they give huge sums of money to politicians unless they vote the way that they want them to? They wouldn't. Obama's largest campaign donor was Goldman Sachs. This is the explanation as to why he hasn't been hard on Wall Street. America needs to lead by example and not lead by hypocrisy; preaching the right thing to do while doing the wrong thing. And then subsequently condemning corrupt behavior when corrupt behavior is inherent in its own system. In Dexter Filkins article in the New Yorker he quotes someone as saying 'if this were America, fifty people would be in jail," speaking of the Kabul Bank and its corrupt financial relationship with the Afghan government. But how can one say that? The Financial Crisis has produced zero significant sentences. And the guys they are going after are the line coaches; they're barely in the game. If one of the Wall Street CEOs went to jail that would send a message with fire burning on the end. But they didn't know what was going on, they say, just as the main players at Kabul Bank, like Karzai's son, said. They didn't know. How could they? They were just the fucking guys in charge. It's like a football coach saying 'I didn't know my running back hasn't ran more than a five yard run in the past two seasons.' Send these CEO assholes to jail and miscreant behavior will decrease.