So , when the US is not " fighting " Al Qaeda ( really just mainly talking about fighting a War on Terror mainly during campaign stumpers , speeches in Congress or Television posings ) , the US Military is contracting in Afghanistan ...... with Al Qaeda ?

recall this post - where US Protection of Al Qaeda was discussed ...

On the day Bradley Manning gets convicted for espionage , isn't it ironic to look at and consider who gets put on trial for aiding the enemy and who doesn't ? Id aiding Al Qaeda isn'r aiding the enemy , then just what is happening there ? Peter Dale Scott blows the doors wide open with his missive on US protection of Alqaeda and the dirty political / geoplotical gamemanship going on - even to this day ! 

http://japanfocus.org/-Peter_Dale-Scott/3971

The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 29, No. 1, July 29, 2013.

US Government Protection of Al-Qaeda Terrorists and the US-Saudi Black Hole

Peter Dale Scott

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Well , hold onto to your seats folks , not only does the US protect Al Qaeda , do we contract with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan ? ? ? 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-31/us-military-has-awarded-contracts-al-qaeda-afghanistan

The U.S. Military Has Awarded Contracts To Al-Qaeda In Afghanistan

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2013 21:29 -0400

• Afghanistan
 
• Barack Obama
 
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Submitted by Michael Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

I suppose it just wasn’t enough that our allies,“the rebels” in Syria, have significant Al-Qaeda elements to them. No, we are the USA! USA! Best country ever. Defender of human rights. City on a hill. We must do far more than that. So we did.

This story below from Bloomberg, highlights a 236-page report by the U.S. Army Suspension and Debarment Office, which shows that military contracts have been granted to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Yep, this is exactly what happens when an empire gets too big, too corrupt, and ends up in the hands of a bunch of sociopaths. From Bloomberg:

Supporters of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan have been getting U.S. military contracts, and American officials are citing “due process rights” as a reason not to cancel the agreements,according to an independent agency monitoring spending.

“I am deeply troubled that the U.S. military can pursue, attack, and even kill terrorists and their supporters, but that some in the U.S. government believe we cannot prevent these same people from receiving a government contract,” Sopko said.

The 236-page report and Sopko’s summary provide one of the watchdog agency’s most critical appraisals of U.S. performance in helping to build a stable Afghanistan as the Pentagon prepares to withdraw combat troops by the end of next year.

The U.S. has 60,000 troops in Afghanistan, with plans to reduce the number to 34,000 by February. President Barack Obama hasn’t decided how many to keep in the country after 2014 to train Afghan forces and engage in anti-terrorist missions.

“Anti-terrorist missions.” Like what, rewarding them lucrative contracts?

An audit showed that after 16 months, none of the agency’s essential program objectives have been reached and the money spent has mostly financed workshops and training sessions.The project is aimed at bolstering Afghanistan’s government before troop withdrawals planned for next year.

“It’s troubling that after 16 months, this program has not issued its first community grant,” Sopko said. “Rather, it has spent almost $50 million, about a quarter of the total program budget, on conferences, overhead and workshops.”

Regarding the 43 cases of contractors with militant connections, Sopko said the Army should “enforce the rule of common sense” in its suspension and debarment program.

“They may be enemies of the United States but that is not enough to keep them from getting government contracts,” according to the agency’s report.

Someone’s definitely lining their pockets... and it’s not just the “terrorists.”