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What exactly are we doing in Afghanistan?

heard the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan for the International Security Assistance Force. The objective of ISAF is :

"is for the ISAF to support the elected government of Afghanistan to rebuild and maintain a secure environment in Afghanistan is primarily so the reconstruction of Afghanistan, the establishment of democratic structures and the. assertiveness the freely elected central government should be encouraged. "

So in short, reconstruction, democracy and stability.

Wonderful. all sounds very great. In this faith I walked happily and carefree until I stumbled on the days when Googling the following headline ...

" U.S. arms sales abroad in 2009 to a record high " is

This is with reference to the Swiss News Agency (sda):

" ... The three largest customers were therefore the United Arab Emirates (7.9 billion USD), followed by Afghanistan (USD 5.4 billion) and Saudi Arabia (3.3 billion USD). The NATO acquired for 924.5 million U.S. dollars ....
Those profiting from this trend are companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics. "

No, the top customers of U.S. defense industry are now all in the Middle East. What a coincidence. A rogue thinks evil of it. Economic imperialism? But no, we do not call.

But wait a minute ... ?. ..

Afghanistan bought in the U.S. alone 5 times more on weapons than the entire NATO

Wow

But it gets even better because ....

The Foreign Office writes to Afghanistan :
"Afghanistan is one of eight years after the start of the international reconstruction commitment, according to UNDP statistics, still among the poorest Countries around the world and is the poorest country outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Industrial production is scarce, 80% of the population in the agricultural sector. "

So buy the poorest country outside black Africa in the U.S. together 5 times more weapons than 28 states from Europe and Central America, the richest countries in the world belong.

Wow.

But it gets even better ...

For, according to Foreign Office, the gross domestic product for Afghanistan 2008/2009 $ 12 billion of which "only" 33 % originate from drug cultivation. That Afghanistan is inclusive of all revenues from drug stores 45% of its GDP on arms alone are in the U.S.?

Now it is time to bear in mind what that would mean for Germany. The German GDP in 2008 was without the proceeds of drug transactions 3500 billion USD. We would also spend 45% of our GDP's of weapons, that would be 1572 billion USD. This is roughly half of our national debt.

Wow.

The very day came the long-awaited report from Afghanistan Hurrah:

" Afghans view the future positively "

It says:

"An important Factor in the improved atmosphere in Afghanistan are concrete progress in the everyday lives of people. We acknowledge many respondents that the power supply has significantly improved . "

While the American sphere of influence in the Middle East expands further and the U.S. defense industry in 2009 record sales brought , we have in our "reconstruction mission," a full 8 years, used for the recognition that power might be a useful thing. And while we're talking about schools, wells and roads, are Afghanistan times must be in a year 5 billion dollars for weapons only in the United States.

were still the same as our goals? reconstruction, democracy and stability? Or are we really just a tool of the modern American imperialism, who hides under a cloak of general terror hysteria?

It remains in any case to be hoped that we need in our reconstruction zeal not another 8 years to figure out that access to clean water might be a good idea.

Considering the fact that Guido Westerwelle has just announced "that the German support for the continued stabilization of Yemen should be ", in other words, that the U.S. and Europe might just preparations for a second" go to war on terror and reconstruction "in Yemen, I think it is important to ask the following questions.
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While the American defense industry record profits in 2009 in the Middle East, we are told we are the reconstruction of Afghanistan operate. How is it then that Afghanistan in a year 67.5% of its GDP's (ex drugs) for weapons in the U.S. outputs, while it takes eight years to build a rudimentary power?

Where does the money that Afghanistan spends on weapons?

Who exactly gets the weapons actually buying the Afghans there?

If our tax money that was earmarked for reconstruction, went into Afghanistan with the U.S. arms deals?

flow money from the drug cultivation in the American arms industry?

What are our real objectives in Afghanistan?

Germany Provides weapons to Afghanistan?