Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban?

By MSNBC

November 13, 2009

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The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban. Roston reported that 10 percent of Pentagon logistics funds go directly to bribe the Taliban not to attack supply chains. "We fund them to fight with us once we've staged the theatre," says host Dylan Ratigan. On MSNBC, Scahill outlines the scope of the issue, and adds he has heard reports that intelligence services are also hiring members of the Taliban to provide translation services. "We're funding warlords, thugs," says Scahill.

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