Here's Who REALLY Won the War in Afghanistan
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- The war in Afghanistan made these people very rich
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War is big business in the U.S. Here are some of the people who got crazy rich off the war in Afghanistan.
Complete source list:
Brown University’s Costs of War “Profit of War” research - watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/f...
2021 Department of state budget - sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46367.pdf
Lockheed Martin 2000 proxy statement - www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
Lockheed Martin 2006 proxy statement - www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
Lockheed Martin 2007 proxy statement - www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
Lockheed Martin 2008 proxy statement - www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
Congressional hearing “ Contracting to feed the U.S. troops in Afghanistan: How did the Defense Department end up in a multi-billion dollar billing dispute?” - www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/C...
Court document U.S. vs Supreme Food - www.justice.gov/sites/default...
Supreme Foodservice pays $389 Million in fines - www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/...
Blackwater USA congressional hearing - web.archive.org/web/201108180...
Rolling Stones War Dogs article - www.rollingstone.com/feature/...
New York Times AEY article - www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/wo...
Diveroli vs. US court document - caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-c...
BBC 9-11 millionaires article - www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-3...
Sludge reporting “Lawmakers Benefit From Booming Defense Stocks” - readsludge.com/2021/08/23/law...
United States senate financial disclosures portal - efdsearch.senate.gov/search/
Honeywell stock chart - www.barchart.com/stocks/quote...
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Thanks for being here everyone. I say this at the end of the video but I wanna say it again here cuz I think it’s important: This list is just a drop on the bucket. The list of who got super rich off the war is longer than any of us can fathom. My hope with this video is that it will help us better understand how the system works and what incentives are at play in the US war economy. Thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next vid ✌️
Johny, please also add more context on the Russian invasion, there's gonna be very rich people also from the natural gas "sanctions", it's the same scam, I mean scheme all over again, it's not black and white
Thank you for putting this out there. Unfortunate I think that the just desserts coming to these people is full blown collapse that money and influence can't save them from. That has very high costs for everyone and I don't mean money.
Almost watch your all video too informative
Love it. Please stay unbiased as you mostly do in your journalism.
This is what the Democratic system is all about in real sense.
Brother, you are depressed there, we are getting depression here in our system. The corruption is universal and an integral part of any political system.
As an African, I thought our leaders were corrupt but American "lobbyists " are on the next level.
Because the crooked Congress get so much money from lobbyist they let it go
tulia
ufisadi upo kila mahali
Their corruption is god tier they make our leaders look like amateurs
😂😆👍🍺👍
This is what journalism needs to get back to. Unbiased, well researched and sourced reporting.
Biased is the point you can't just be unbiased and become credible. The fact that he brings up all the bias and context is what makes it more powerful and really highlights why his and other research needs more critical analysis
Unbiased? Are you kidding?
@@TempRawr I don't think the issue is technically bias so much as if you pull up most news articles, while ~80% of it is facts from a variety of sources, interspersed if you really pay attention are a bunch of unnecessary side comments sprinkled in that should turn the article into being labeled the reporter's opinion piece. But isn't. It just gets slipped in and influences the reader. It gets especially spicy when there's a polarizing subject.
It's toxic, unnecessary, and should be removed unless clearly labeled as to what it is.
Unbiased?!?😆🤣😂. This video is INCREDIBLY biased. He goes to great effort to paint anyone providing a service to the government as an immoral huckster looking to oppress others for their own personal gain. Obviously its not cool when contractors defraud the government or randomly murder civilians for no apparent reason but thats not what this video focuses on. Instead he uses those isolated incidents to make it look like all free market capitalists are criminals that just havent been caught yet.
@@__-pl3jg that a lot of money for isolated cases. Even just one of these people shouldn't be allowed to get away with that much money
There will NEVER BE PEACE as long as WAR IS PROFITABLE
Smh been milking the clock since 2001
Innocent children dies.
As an Afghanistan veteran I thank you for making this video.
Shall it be done onto you as you did onto others.
My son is a United States Marine Afghanistan veteran. I'm amazed to see how much these so-called contractors get compared to my son and all the brave soldiers who were actually fighting the war in Afghanistan.
Thank you for your service and the sacrifices and decision you made to serve our country❤️🇺🇸
@@denisekeith6915 Thank you. Yes, some of the contractors were making $250,000 a year. That's tax payer money. Just terrible.
@@majorswanson I'm from Australia but just want to say Thank-You for your service. like someone said in the comments "Shall it be done onto you as you did onto others" I think jabbing at the terrors that happened over there should be pushed onto you (if or if you weren't involved in them) i think is what they mean but like most i assume you were just a patriot and wanted to defend those you loved and the country you loved and if you had of known what this whole thing would have become i doubt like most you would deploy again knowing now what we do. So thank you and I'm sorry you risked your life in the name of Higher Ups lining their pockets and throwing you all at the War-Machine to be chewed and destroyed :(
Our system is just as broken as a lot of countries we point fingers at. The more information and people like this come to light the better. Thank you for Real Journalism.
I know that scamming Americans is easy as demonstrated by tech support scammers but scamming the American government is even easier and the scammers are americans themselves in the name of patriotism.
After television, scamming is America's favourite pass time.
@@jamesbond4810 what?
@@sholdrodcrit he saying people pretend to be patriots while robbing the country blind while comparing it to the Indian scammers
@@jamesbond4810 Damn right Goldeneye.
"Corruption is legal for us because we're the one who made the law"
- the Congress, probably.
Nobody writes a law against themselves !
And they are emboldened to repeat bcoz the people are passives, pacifist mothereffers
@Mr. Iqbal; I think if the army knew that they were being duped like this, they would have abandoned the contractor, purchased a farm, and grew their own food. They are that much trained in survival skills, so they would have done that.
@Mr. Iqbal; hmmm ravioli sounds nice right n
They’re gonna charge this guy soon with some trumped up charges. I hope not but the ominous “they” don’t like being called out.
That Eric Prince is one scary dude
As a person who grew up under an authoritarian regime, it surprises me how your channel is still not banned. But truly, you’re doing a great job. Your videos are both informative and not boring, they’re also surprisingly unbiased. Wish you best of luck
for some reason big brother, uh i mean youtube, only bans narratives running counter to big pharma, all else is apparently fair game for the time being...
Seriously
There is a lot of channel that get banned and also johnny harris is controlled opposition, there is a reason the algorithm promote his videos. His videos are not unbiased, also what " authoritarian regime" did u grow up in.
@@Bell_plejdo568p "controlled opposition" I assume means opposition that undermines the elite's agenda just a little bit so they tolerate it?
the United States has other ways of banning things, but the USA does it with a smile!
Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan I’ve seen first hand how big the military industrial complex works and Jonny Harris is on point with his information!!
Serving is the right term
You’re part of the problem.
@@aziza000 explain?
@@aziza000 Lmao, you're hilarious.
@@bird289 thank you ☺️
I can’t even finish watching this video. I’m a veteran and the military industrial complex truly disgusts me. Russia’s oligarchs are individual people. America’s oligarchs are corporate entities
Facts
Thats why I am not cheering on blue yellow and red white blue
@@eileenmc4746 you better stand with 🇺🇦 or else be labeled Pro Putin.
@@jamescobb97 naw, 🐻 better than neocon, neolibs 🐓 🦅 who vote in insane 🇺🇸 military budgets while nation rots so fifty years watching the scheming of uniparty makes for thick skin and strange allies. Semper gumby
Here com the bots
We all hear about the ‘war machine’ and ‘military complex’ but this is such a good, easy to understand look into what it actually looks like and operates
@Mars shut up
Congress be like. "OOPS we weren't supposed to be caught."
He tried to tell us, but we weren't listening th-cam.com/video/AHfpyk28HoA/w-d-xo.html
Russia watches this video and says "hmm so wait I can just pay random people to kill other for me Fvck yes" the Americans did so will I. This video makes preaching to India about this current war seems dumb. This video makes the entire government seem dumb
When the uneducated, uninformed, misinformed, distracted voters focuses on the headlines and votes because of those headlines...
Democracy fails.
Johnny Harris, where have you been all my life? Brilliant production, clear translation of media and Congressional manobbleblob, shocking realities revealed, all without cussing. You're what "educated" looks like.
lol 🤡
I appreciate the effort and time you put into all of this. Thank you and keep it coming
“Ok, I’m gonna go try and not be depressed about how our democracy works”
same bro, same 🤣
Hey Wil!
Good to know that Americans are finally waking up and learn about this. As someone with a Muslim background, these sort of stories of injustice are being passed on from our elders. Funny enough, a couple of years back, no one would have give a shit about this. Hope you guys make the best out of it.
Yeah. That’s how it always has been and how it always will be. Life insurance used to be part of the church’s business.
ui Will haha i never expected i will see u sa ganitong contents
well, even with those kind of politicians and officials, USA is still the greatest country in the world, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude you’re too good. Never stop making these - this is good journalism.
Ukrainian and Russian ones were bad. He did bring map and research into those. They felt like an impromptu videos.
you commented this like 20 seconds after the video was posted
no he is not. he is doing for entertainment, not reality
The Putin Ukraine video was the worst 'journalism', more like propaganda.
@@koseku3 he’s a journalist, not some fake weirdo
Johnny, you and your team deserve a Nobel peace prize, if that prize means anything these days.
It's not a Nobel prize, it's a Nobel memorial prize, like the one in Economics, piggybackiung on the Nobel name. They are both provided by other organizations. They're not actual Nobel prizes, as they are not awarded by the scientific committee of the Swedish Nobel Trust that Alfred Nobel set up. And no, it has no meaning, it's a propaganda tool for NATO via a government committee in Norway. It's a stain on the Nobel Prize name, and it's a shame they allow them into the award ceremony with that garbage at all.
It never meant anything and johnny is controled oppostion
Exactly and johnny is controlled opposition. @@calysagora3615
It’s now renamed as the Nobel war prize
JH, you are doing superb work putting these studies together. If you are in a university, I would be surprised, because very few support this type of free inquiry.
The fact that having the potential ability to give millions or billions of taxpayer dollars to a company you are invested in is not often charged as insider trading: often a felony and with years of prison time, is insane.
"Conflict of interest" anyone?
easy solution: let everyone join NATO and the U.S won't look for anyone to fight lol
@@interview1296 the politics understander has logged on
@@interview1296 There's a reason the EU and NATO both had told Yeltsin and Putin they were not welcome... and it wasn't international security. #AllWorldLeadersCausedUkraine.
@@jakehix8132 actually.. Russia didn't join because the country is not a democracy country
This kind of unbiased, non partisan journalism is what we need. If a Republican is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out. If a Democrat is doing something illegal or wrong, call them out.
Americans are too stuck in their way of "if it's my side, I'll let them slide".
Well the problem is.
If only one party is doing something wrong on a given issue. People will say its bias because it doesn't cover the other party. Even if only one party is committing the crime/immorality.
Its so annoying
@@Me-ui1zy Yup, that's the issue. Unbiased journalism is not possible IMO. The amount of information journalists acquire is insane. They can't possibly present it all to us, so they will have cut many things out, and in the process their bias will determine what is being cut and which kind of narrative will be built.
For example, if you were a journalist leaning to the left, and you decide to film a clash between republican and democrat protestors. It just so happens that you were able to film some democrats kicking a republican lying on the ground, even though a similar but even worse event occurred nearby, where a democrat was almost killed, but no one caught it on video.
Now what do you do? You have it on video how your side is doing something bad, but you failed to capture the other side, even though you know it happened. If you were to publish your video, you would be skewing the reality of people against your side, and adding a disclaimer that reads "They did something like this as well" isn't going to cut it.
The two party system sucks we are arguing about bathroom rights ? Like WTF. There really isn’t a choice. The average US citizen paid for the wars and the corporations got rich. And we get the blame for the wars from other countries we got to make some serious changes. American values have been eroded by corporate interests.
No, Democrats can get away with murder.
Its a side business for politicians to become rich.
I just found your channel today, and I can already confidently say that it's been nice knowing you and if you ever go missing, we definitely know who's behind it
I love your short to the point style and follow-up videos on side notes .
Just when I've lost hope in journalism, you remind me that there are genuine journalists out there. Keep fighting the good fight Johnny.
You haven't looked very closely then. There are so many good journalists reporting on important stories. Look up Novara Media, The Intercept and OCCRP to name a few...
Heard of abby martin? Empire files? This guy is a baby in front of her
@@Ripening no
I use to think he was a good journalist but when i heard his explanation on the Ukrainian video I realised he don't have a clue....
Hopefully just like Iraq the truth will eventually come out
@@3-Kashmir what do you mean? what was wrong about his ukraine vid?
“Some of the ways he profited from the war in Afghanistan were kind of messed up” is the understatement of the century
@@vitalybroshchak4512 imagine thinking you can just walk into a destabilized country and completely change their culture. For every Taliban you kill you turn their fathers, brothers and sons into your enemies because to them you didn't just kill a Taliban fighter, you killed their family.
@@RuffinItAB i assume the guys at the top ...with all their analysts, studies etc know that is one of the outcomes...one of their field manuals (which has restricted access) has a chapter on physcoligical operations which have to be done on the AMERICAN public to get them to support the war and troops despite that...using various emotions to build up, patriotism, love of country, etc .........they studied the vietnam war and the anti war, negative response towards the returning troops from the vietnam war by the American public at the time and made plans to avoid that scenario repeating itself ...i think its all mentioned in the field manual from what i can recall
@@RuffinItAB that's why people like George Soros are banned from so much countries : for funding riots, social chaos, degenerate ideas... To bet against the country and profit from it, ruining their currency.
He's banned from Hungary, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia... (but he has so much power, not every country he's ruined has banned him, like England)
He's such a rat, even his own religious country (Israel) agreed with Hungary (his birth country) to ban him !
@@gigachad6885 George soros is not banned from any countries,
His organisation has been banned in Russia and voluntarily closed in turkey, both autocratic countries that don’t like democratic activism
it's like saying "hitler was just kind of mean, a little bit"
Brilliant stuff Johnny Harris I hope the names mentioned watch this too . Amazing how you manage to get and present this kind of depth information
These are truly amazing videos. Your changing the world. Keep shining the light on these things!
As an Afghan, this kind of exposure isn’t “closure,” but recognition of the people who benefit off of the country. Thank you.
Stay strong, Afghanistan.
Praying for peace and prosperity. 🕊️
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Personally, I wouldnt support a terrorist-reigned country, unless your talking about civillians..
I wonder if was like Viet Nam? That eventually worked out to prevent the Chinese from taking over Viet Nam.
We trained Viet Nam. North and South and left the means to take on the Chinese.
The same can be said about Afghanistan. We gave both Afghanistan & Viet Nam the means to be independent.
I don't think many people realize exactly where Afghanistan is and how it influenced world history.
Fragmented they are less of a threat. Currently NATO is having that problem. It may be why Putin is trying to reassemble the USSR.
I don't think the US did it to be a success in teaching the Afghan to weather the future adversities.
We gave our taxpayers dollars. You gave your lives. They robbed us both but your people definitely gave the ultimate sacrifice. Nuff love brother. ❤️
Pakistani military doesn't have best interests of Afghanistan, Bajwa retired with 12.8 Billion rupees
As someone who comes from a war torn country it makes me literally sick to see how rich these monsters get off of other people's pain. People are Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and many others are dying of hunger while these soulless bodies are filling their pockets with millions. The world is run by a few individuals and they decide faith of so many people. You just happen to be born in Ukraine, Bosnia, Palestine or Syria and your world is forever changed because of these people...🤢🤮Keep making these videos. We need to be informed! Thank you!
Khazarian jews rule this planet. Not Americans.....The Rothschild's family....
Jasmine…so well stated!
I can’t even imagine what people from these countries have had to endure. My heart goes out to you and all the others.
The treatment of the Palestinians with no real media attention (except to be branded as terrorists)for decades now, is quite revealing of US’s inconsistent and immoral policies. Shameful!
Read the shock doctrine by Naomi Klein
@@robtriton Larry Fink
@@robtriton
Wtf are you on about?
That was a lot of work, thank you so much!
Johnny - fantastic stories!! Thank you!!!
What confuses me is that even after such information being made public, there is never any outcry from the public. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Most of replies to comments are idiots just saying this is bullshit without any argument. He is wrong bro! Source!? Can you prove it!? Trust me bro he is shit and all lies etc. just trust me!
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Because their public loves wars. It's the country where owning guns is legal. Without invading other nations, they will just end up killing each other just like they did during the pandemic.
most of their attention are simple and quick stuff as people attention span is short
I wonder
To distracted with only fans bitches & fantasy football & bet apps & other stupid shit
This guy really seems like he wants to open everybody’s eyes to the fact that we’re all getting boned/tricked by politicians. Please don’t stop
The whole system has to be replaced to remove all this greed and Islam is the biggest enemy to this greed because it makes everyone equal and humble. This explains why the West wants the Muslim world to stay in war
watch Shadowgate and you will get a more in depth look into gov't contractors.
the worse part is that its noting new. its just that the general public is too dumb to see it. they keep voting for the same old thing.
The thing is, after so much brainwashing and control, much of the people don't have eyes anymore brah.
He has the start of a good point, but loses it in dramatics and half facts. The one guy he cites got rich off Honeywell stock, because they’re a defense contractor?!?! Lol I’m sorry to say but Honeywell does a whole lot more than defense. Look at your thermostat or furnace controls, most likely there’s Honeywell parts in there. That’s like saying anyone who invests in Rolls Royce is a war profiteer because a minority of their business is jet engines that some military planes use. He’s reaching for a lot of these, should’ve just kept the focus to the most egregious
*"24 year old kid"* was a phrase that stood out among all these bits knowledge lmaooo
Man you are doing amazing work! Keep it up!
Would like to see a similar analysis of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Perun
money laundering scheme
Let me guess The Biden Crime Family
I think at this moment it is Yevgany Prigozhin, the Owner of the Wagner goup, Putin's trusted friend. His private army is contracted to fight in the Ukranian war.
@@thulanimakhaye8458 That is just one out of many. Ever heard of the short book: War is a racket?
This is exactly why I get pissed when people ask me if I’m a Democrat or Republican, they’re both evil and I’m sick of it. The work you are doing is so important man! Keep it up!
Republicans started both wars
@@gerrynorris1421 Obama govt. invaded Syria, toppled Libya. His 'Drone program' had a ~90% civilian death rate. As per leaked Clinton emails, they were discussing about jacking oil fields in the Middle-East.
Quit being a partisan hack.
@@gerrynorris1421 what a ridiculously stupid statement. Afghanistan had only one vote against in the house and the senate. Iraq was more favored by Republicans sure, but it still got a majority vote from Senate Democrats. Seriously do some research before talking out your ass.
@@gerrynorris1421 sure us outsider don't see any difference between who rule usa, either democrat or republican both still need inside man acc
Yessssssssss! All ubbem crooked AF.
Brilliant! Thank you for the truth and hard work.
Johnny: Posts Video
FBI: Take this shit down!
The saddest was when you got to the congress part. That exposes just how rotten a political system can become.
Bro it’s been like this since WWII, this is not a political system becoming corrupt it’s continuing to do so since it’s founding
100%
What angers me is seeing American citizens fighting over corrupted politicians on every level
“Republicans evil democrats good”
“Democrats stupid republicans smart”
Well worded mesquita
"Can become" what a naive way of viewing things lol
It's sickening. Yet, anytime someone calls out this hybrid of crony capitalism, nepotism, and warmongering-profiteering, they get labeled as unpatriotic. This type of self-enrichment isn't capitalistic or democratic. As a veteran, I applaud Johnny Harris for using his platform to enlighten his audience about the shady practices that undermine the legitimacy of democracy.
Thank you for your service, also i agree ultra-capitalism and military industrial complex is anything but patriotic, it's inhumane. The people on the ground and the troops fighting the war pay the price of this greed.
I'm sorry, but it is capitalistic. It's the endgame of capitalism.
It's just cronyism. It's not necessary to add the word capitalism into the phrase.
@Internet Guy you don't know what your talking about, Jack.
Or anti semitic💀
Johnny be Good. Thanks for a great video
I am in the Army and have been deployed to the Middle East, been asking myself the same question for awhile. Knew someone had to be getting rich, the war reeks of greed. Thank you.
Happy you are still here instead of paying your life to the benefit of the wallet of some hidden parasite.
Hello Levi, if you want a follow up on this information read Major General Smedley Butler's book "War Is a Racket".
must feel shit fighting for a rich dude and not for your county because the only time you are fighting for your country is in self defense like Ukraine
You went there for ideals and country, but actually you went there to earn a bunch of people money by eating and shooting stuff and all that soldiering. Puts a hole different ring to "thank you for your service", right? How fucked up is fucked up
I don’t mean to sound harsh, but when I was first learning of the truth behind these wars, I honestly hated all veterans who participated. But after seeing how many veterans aren’t the gun-toting America loving patriot types, I’ve kind of changed. I respect how even though you’ve been deployed, you realize the truth and admit it. I know many people and even myself would keep myself in the dark to not feel guilty.
We need to regulate conflict of interest within the senate and house. It’s absurd that these people who help to make decisions for the country are able to be paid by corporations that directly profit off those decisions. If we started to regulate what these politicians did, and who paid them, I’m sure at least 60% of them would resign, because there wouldn’t be gross amounts of money in it for them.
Not rogulate bro try to stop war
There was overwhelming public demand for the war. I don't know if you remember what what the mood of the nation was like, but after 9/11 war had widespread approval. Republicans were in power, and there was overwhelming republican war backing, and even a Democrat percentage was for war.
@@domnoya4130 No I know, but I'm also talking about the future as well as other things not relating to war, like how big coal has several senators in its back pocket
These are difficult problems, and there isn't really any right choice. While there are bad practices, the issue is that there are no good solutions. We, as a democratic free market society, do not believe in nationalized industry. So we use private contractors instead. That means almost everything from roads to the military uses private contractors instead of government. The government asks military command what they need and they create a compitions for private company bids. Whoever can meet all the points asked for and also has the lowest price wins. Now the problem is the military needs something so hard to develop and so specific that only one company can meet requirements. The issue is that when the government asks for something, only one company bids. When only one company can meet government bid requirements it means they have a blank check. They can charge any amount because no other company is competing for the bid. So there is no good solution to this. Either we let government directly develop these things or we deal with private company prices. We know for a fact that government cannot run businesses, which is why we don't do it. We are stuck with private companies doing all our nation's government work because it is the best option. This guy talks like it is odd or unusual that people got rich from war. Our society is based on private industry not government industry. This means that people get rich from everything. It would be weird if people didn't get rich from war. War is extremely competitive and profitable so yes there is money to be made just like everything else. This guy is talking like it's so crazy that people made money from war. People make money and do the things he is talking about in every single industry. When breaking the rules means getting rich people will break rules it happens in every aspect of life. We do our best to combat this but making money is what is supposed to happen in our society. The private sector gets you rich in America and the government sector gets you rich in places like Russia or china.
@@domnoya4130 But the case can still be that the politicians are not the ones getting rich, so they can make the best, most objective decisions.
Ducking eye opening! Nice work.
Thank you Johnny for putting out this info. Very important for young people to see this, and social media platforms like TH-cam are the places where it needs to be.
I never thought I would be interested in journalism until your videos have showed me what real journalism is. Thank you so much for the relative objectivity and quality work
If you like real journalism look up Malen Baker he mostly covers current events and climate change but he has a very calm reasonable approach that I find lacking in this era.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself
@UncleAbe objective journalism isnt a real thing. That being said, it isnt a bad thing.
Be safe John , quite sure your on a government list and being watched closely.
We stand with Truth and Johnny 💪🏾
he will be safe. he is just providing information, he is not giving solutions.
That is the beauty of journalism, you can report on all of the messed up shit in the world, but you won't provide a solution for said problems.
@@unnamedshadow1866 the fact that he is exposing them is a good start for the solution. Maybe u can do something lol
@@unnamedshadow1866 ye exactly the us is far from the most oppresive country in terms of journalism like the only ones in danger are the ones that sourced all of this
@@eme981 he's not exposing anything, he's just showing public transactions available to anyone. You guys sometimes act like conspiracy nutjobs
@@cv4809 when I say expose I meant making visible to us. Coz I would not know unless I watch the video coz I am not fond of reading or going to those websites and do research lol
Extremely informative.
Johnny, thank you for another great video. I also wanted to give kudos to you for being the face of a mental health services, and giving a firsthand account of the benefits of therapy. Bless you my friend!
I like the part where he pointed how the US spends more money in fighting wars than it does spend money in diplomacy
Uhm... how do you spend money in diplomacy, exactly? Should we just spend all the military money on buying off our enemies?
Also, military expenditures are not really expenditures, it is a wealth redistribution. The US government is just spending it's own play money on itself, and the military is the largest social welfare program in the US. Second only to defense spending (by paying workers to build the military its equipment).
But spending money on diplomacy? Tell me you know nothing about the way the world works without telling me...
@@Chris-fn4df If by largest social welfare system you mean the benefactors are the rich, then yes, you are right it is. Check out Smedley Butlers "War is a racket".
@@Chris-fn4dfyou need to look up what social welfare means.
The US has no enemies, the US is the enemy of the ppl in the world.@@Chris-fn4df
The corruption is beyond belief 😮😢!
I am 47 years old and Australian. 20 odd years ago, in every major city around the World; millions of people marched against these wars. Iraq and Afghanistan were Oil and Opium wars but also massive profiteering opportunities for Arms Manufacturers. What you have listed here breaks my heart, we knew this is what they were going to do, we knew it would be a dirty, greedy and bloody affair. Normal everyday people marched in opposition but we were all ignored because the then potential profits were to great for our leaders to ignore but after watching this video I realise they made more than they ever dreamed. The whole think stinks from top to the bottom. All the lives lost and torn from the world, all that disgusting greed and a media so in love with being in the heart of the drama, reporting without criticism, word for word Pentagon briefings. Utter madness and a total betrayal of any humanitarian values.
I'm a 47 year old male. Australian and same. I marched at S11 (Anti-wto) about free trade and exporting labour to China. Now we pay the price for useing slave labour for low inflation. Racist hate minimum wage.
I still wonder if people think that these wars were fought for the purpose the governments told their people? All these wars were for the benefit of armed and oil companies. On the face of public these were against terrorism.
We tried, but the far right nwo was already in motion even by the time we took to protest.
Ever since ive been following the rise of the new right, which starts in the 60 with the uk torys and u.s republicans.
Lets not forget that the MEDIA cheerleaded those wars, then the Gov't paid the Pro Sports teams to get all "Patriotic" in the guise of "supporting the troops" but turns out a lot of those were paid advertisement paid for by your tax dollars. Funny how when the $$$ ran out all those sports teams now want to stop playing the anthem.
A very well put statement that I totally agree with it's a shame that young kids are sacrificed needlessly for rich man's and the military industrial complexes greed and evil doing
Amazing work ❤
Very nice to see someone actually making some content of worth
Thank you for calling them out. People wonder how the hell do Americans spend SO MUCH on military, and yet, medical, space, public transportation, renewable resources are so down the list of priorities
To be fair Americans also spend a shitload on health, much more than comparable countries on %-of-GDP basis; they just get a crap deal out of it.
Corruption = inefficiency
The american government is inefficient, and obviously you cant expect anyone to say no to "free" money. Renewable energy gets 10x the subsidies of fossil fuels. Health care spending pr capita is as high as places with universal healthcare, like Denmark.
The problem isnt private companies, the problem is your horrifically inefficient government which will throw money (which it doesnt have) at literally everything.
But hey therefore you guys have the best military in the world.
You can build precision munitions which can accurataley ....you can´t make automatic voting machines but the other stuff oooh man
@@alexpotts6520 sounds like an Oligarchy
“It’s supposed help the government get the best price.”
Has to be a classical American joke.
Same type of joke as " the free market regulates itself ", " profits made by billionairs will trickle down on poor people " or " capitalism works "
@@PaulRudd1941 Not easy when you were brainwashed your whole life, especially when your country was in war with communism for almost 50 years (making therefore capitalism the " good side "), especially when your country still antagonises the few remains of communism these day (and I mean they still should, North Korea, Russia, China are not country that value human rights), therefore giving some fuel to the myth that capitalism is necessary.
@@LithningWolf Capitalism works tho, to make billionaires even richer.
@@abnerdoon4902 It really do be working for that yes lol
@@LithningWolf Sole Source Intended or No-bid contracts are not free-market capitalism. There are already rules for it. They are just being ignored - "Rules for thee but not for me!" Markets have a cap on cash available to seek value in products; the government just makes it appear out of nothing.
What a bomb ass vid! Keep it up Johnny.
Thank you very much.
A highly interesting subject, hardly ever discussed in mainstream médias, at least here in France !
I left the US Army in November 2000 and soon after 9/11 I started being offered employment for civilian contractor positions in Kuwait and then Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the offers were approaching $200k with major tax benefits making it even more generous.
The two things that kept me from signing up were that I couldn't accept the fact service members were responsible for the safety of contractors while being paid 1/5 the pay and the civilian contract allowed for the ability to quit and be sent home at any time. I told the recruiter that I would expect that to result in a huge turnover. He said some quit as soon as they show up, but you still get paid for "trying."
The Afghanistan war was a major source of self enrichment. Congress was fully aware, but they had no reason to stop it.
plus none of the US presidents had the guts to stop it cuz they knew the with drawl would be a huge mess and it was.😑
that's the work of lobbyists, they pay a cut percentage of the profits to our leaders and in return, they turn a blind eye to their crimes against the states, our allies, our former allies, and our enemies. all to maintain a status quo.
Yeah, I dealt with alot of what you're talking about. I use to be apart of a unit that would find drones that got shot down or other high value assets and what not. And some of the Corpartions that we get this technology want to be on the ground when the item is found, so they have a better understanding of what happened and why it failed or whatever m which I understand, but some of those folks seemed like they were just out of college and thought they were just going on a hike. Had no business being in a intense high pressure situation. It's dangerous being around those type of people.
And now USA want to repeat same thing in Ukraine.
@@waydebaker33 Military Industrial complex is what keeps the US running, not to mention I know some marines who are the ones truly saving cash. Like once, my friend didn't have the right lube for the Mk19 and had to use oil filter lube, and the MK19 kept jammin.
As an Afghan living those 20 years, I can say there were other large companies like DynCorp International and Pacific Architects and Engineers that had huge operations.
Do u still have access to internet???
@@conserztasfia0078 yes, luckily I'm out of the country now.
@@noorsultani which country you're in right now?
@@josh6567 Tajikistan, the neighboring country in the north.
@@noorsultani bro i am also half marwari Turk I hope our Turks brother are well there i think tajik is turkic state
And no major news or media outlets will run stories about or like this.
Job well done!
Thank you 🙏🏽
And yet… we can’t get free healthcare. Would love for Johnny to do a piece on who in the government is profiting off of the healthcare system.
Would be an easier videoif he focused on who was not
Yes. This is why cancer has not been cured.
@@cynthiacole6140 Eh, no. Curing cancer requires insane increases in computing power along with scientific breakthroughs. Computer perf increases are more or less governed by Moore's law. We are still >10 years off from actually having sufficient power to "cure cancer"
@@pauletteforeman2194 how?
Lol DoD spending literally has nothing, NOTHING to do with “free healthcare”! Stop believing every single thing you read online!
Not only can congresspeople trade stocks, they can insider trade without repercussions. It’s absurd.
89 Members of US Congress are Dual Citizens of Israel
Plus the legal bribery and unlimited political donations
Also cab manipulate the prices of stocks they purchased by granting government money to the corporations they invested in. Pump up their profits with taxpayer money basically.
And criminal indeed
Ah yes. The Pelosi method
Please look into the covid-19 crisis and who benefited financially from it, I'm sure it'll be a similar story..
Thank you for your raw honesty and direct, impartial approach to all your videos. I'm hooked and using this platform as my daily journalistic cleanse.
Keep them coming Johnny, thank you 👍
Recently found this channel. Glad I did. Just shared it with my daughter because you explain things in a way she'll understand it. I'll check out more thanks. ✌️👍✌️
My father is Latvian and had a mandatory military service back in the Soviet days. One day his division got woken up at 4 o'clock in the morning for an unexpected "training"... Dad had a bad feeling about it and fleed from the barracks. Later it turned out that his group got sent to Afghanistan and died in a helicopter.
Great that your Father is alive. No need to fight an old man's war.
Are Russians always sending their troops at war without even telling them that they're going to war? 😄
@@thromboplastin446 Old Man's War = All/any Wars.
A military plane took of from Kabul Airport carrying all Afghan troops except one soviet officer. As they passed over a mountain range, it took some bullets. Guess who got shot in the ass?...you're right! the only one who got shot was the soviet officer. The plane turned around....
@@sdsfgsty what does that mean then
No wars, no profits. The fact that these people get rich of death and misery is disgusting.
Nice work….you documented this well unfortunately it should surprise no one
Really good work on this compilation. Very interesting.
What you do Johnny is amazing. True investigative journalism. Please scale this and keep fighting the good fight, because mainstream media sure won't. Godspeed!
After sports and television, scamming is America's favourite pass time just ask Gary Vee, couple of months ago he was promoting NFTs, two weeks earlier he said NFTs are dangerous than Tik Tok.
he is also biased
@@blackcat-mp7kh he's a lib but he makes good videos
@@blackcat-mp7kh everybody has bias, but you can still make incredibly balanced videos even with some bias. He has critiqued both sides of the political spectrum many times.
yeah man..I have loved him since he was doing Borders for Vox ...Amazing guy
No reason why the US loves War so much In a foreign land! Amazing on how much of brainstorming being done to make such amazing content!
Also because when you have war in other countries, all of the devastation stays over there. Even better when it is a proxy war and your puppet does all the dying too.
Because a long time ago, the US said they have an obligation as the world's largest Super Power country to protect and interfere in foreign politics and war. There's not just some super villain sitting in his chair like "hmmmm yes war! I'm incredibly evil just because I want to be, hahaha"
@@cokedupcat the ideal of the United States is sound. The way our leaders in government and industry try to use that ideal to their advantage, is not.
@@papa_squat I agree there, but I thought it was common knowledge the reason why the US interferes with foreign affairs. They openly say it all the time. Even if it may not be completely the real reason. It's still the only actual answer we're given to the question this dudes askin.
@@cokedupcat yeah I get confused when people say "The US government has a secret agenda". No they don't. They make their agendas very obvious.
Excellent work.
Awsome Channel!!
I'm glad guys like Johnny are making these videos. A lot of folks know that these things are going on, but it takes a very talented video maker and communicator to articulate it.
Yeah, and to make it interesting for us to care.
@@MasonsTurtle
Way more important than who won is though surely WHAT NOW?!
We have experienced the creation of yet another 'Gunpowder Nation': Afghanistan,
now ruled by literal Barbarians. A heavy hit for human-rights and especially woman-rights,
to say the least of the least So what now?
@@slevinchannel7589 not as barbarians as those who invaded them in the beginning.
Use you mind a little bit. who drop bombs from airplanes and drones are way worst than those get killed by these same bombs .
Slava Amerika! 🇺🇸 Our prayers with the abandoned poor of Amerika! 🇺🇸
@@MrBigShark Yes, i am using my mind and the woman-hating murderers are 'still' the barbarians.
As every defintion of the word tells you.
Of course America did stuff wrong, but that doesnt change who the looneys are.
Thank you for the truth and standing up 😢
Good video. Depressingly all true 😞
This channel is the perfect reason and example why people don't need the corporate mainstream tv anymore. Good job!👍
Watch his video's of Ukraine, it's like watching CNN...
@@FahadFSA ok I will do that
Any real American watch this? Seriously I kinda know contractors are fat business, this video shocked me 😭😱
It didn't shock me at all but it certainly disgusts me. This is why America is the only wealthy country without universal healthcare and millions of children living in poverty. And crumbling infrastructure. Our corrupt government and greedy business executives have literally stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars to fatten the bank accounts of war profiteers.
I agree.. but just still be cautious believing all independent journalism.. they too can have personal agendas..
Not talking about this dude.. just in general. 👍
Thank you for explicitly explaining the bipartisan nature of this corruption. All too often people get wrapped up in picking teams and they miss the reality that both sides are basically equally (and very) corrupt.
Yessr our (so called) Government is broken into one giant beauty pageant,soap opera, lest I speak on actual functioning engagements that badly...🤣
My very first election was Al Gore and Bush I feel like a damn fool, thinking that my vote counted for something my entire being alive I've never seen a president get in the office from the popular vote
The establishment plays both sides! This is how they keep power! I used to be a team player, until I found my team pledging loyalty to the Establishment. My Voter ID may say democrat, but my loyalty is to America. Not any party!
There is no sides. Only the elusion of sides.
Wheb and outsider like Trump wins he gets crucified by the establishment (left and right)
Uh no. Democrats are corrupt in the sense that they do the things very powerful people force them to do. Republicans are corrupt in the sense that they love doing the evil shit just as much as the guys telling them to do it and they're willing to cross way more lines than democrats are. They are not even close to equally corrupt and people pushing the whole "both sides" nonsense are a huge reason why republicans are able to get away with all the shit they do.
Uniparty
Ridiculous sickney thank you for the report very I opening
Very educational. Thanks.
I am from Afghanistan bruh and the stuff you put on your channel is insanely good & accurate. I have worked in transportation company in Afg which was like 3rd subcontractors for fuel transportation and they charged super high rates and gave drivers and vehicle owners penny. Blackwater not only charged 6500$ for evacuation they also charging 2500$ to make you fake documentations so you can apply for SIV Case. Fahim Hashimy got super rich and even became minister of communications and technology with his money to start money laundering. Ajmal Rahmani is another person which started with small contract of taking trash out from Bagram Base and became the richest (off list) person of Afghanistan which he bought ticket out of that money to become member of Parliament not just him his father as well and he (Ajmal Rahmani) bought all other members Parliament with that money to buy votes to make his father chairman of Parliament. But as you said lot of people got super rich which they never got caught.
True, I used to work for DynCorp.
until today, I thought Taliban would slay them who's involved with US
Wait a min, a dude got rich taking out the trash? This totally gives a different meaning to the phrase, "one man's trash is another man's livelihood."
I think parents should tell his story as an inspiration to kids to make them behave. Like, "See, son, there was a dude in Afghanistan who used to take out the trash, and now he is incredibly rich. So stop lazing around and take the trash out."
@@prabhatsourya3883 lol
They never got caught… but they will InshaAllah.. who will protect them from judgement of God..
What is pathetic is that we've become so jaded about corrupt politics that we expect news like your report as a part of life. But it still needs to be known, so that the wrong doers know people can still see them. Good job.
It's not just that we've got used to the corruption; we're scared of them too. We prefer quiescence.
Great job!
Yes this been on my mind for weeks
This guy is a true Journalist. I've never seen anything like this before and genuinely feel like I'm getting an objective report about a situation instead of superficial propaganda.
I dont like the self insert clips of him pretending to be bussy infront of the computer looking at numbers, also he was wrong on alot and he is a neo con sometimes. His videos are hit or miss for me.
Exactly, very good reporting, very well informed, in-depth. But most importantly, it is just that, a report, providing the information needed. This is what makes him a journalist. The ability to report but the inability to provide a solution.
Abby Martin - Empire Files
jump over to 7:33 where he decides its good journalism to stop using the same metric he used in each previous years the first two columns and instead in 06 jumped to using the last column and acted surprised and baffled at the changing number
Then it's severely time you move outside your bubble. There's a huuuge amount of incredible reporting done by journalists every day, and this is the best you've seen? That's like eating at McDonald's and thinking it's fine dining...
Anyone who's ever worked with the government knows how incredibly easy it is to profiteer once you get some contracts going.
💯 I know people who make millions just by flipping contracts. (being the middle men basically)
I’m a sub contractor for a well known company not gonna say what company but yes it is super easy I’ve made 30k in a 5 month contract
Supreme Foods yet instead of steak n lobster troops ate powdered eggs and oatmeal
@@sweetmemesalabama I bet that business is cutthroat af!
NGO's also
Thanks!
Hey Johnny, please crank up the volume of your dialogue. It’s often on the quiet side relative to the rest.
Much love, Rich ❤
It is macabre and sad the fact that many innocent human beings have to die in a war because of a bunch of unscrupulous people who in order to make big money don´t care about the killings of thousands of civilians. I like your channel Johnny. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Argentina.
I think it's important to point out that outside of congress, the people who got rich were taking advantage of an existing situation. The rich didn't manufacture a situation to earn, as the video shows, a lot of these guys were just opportunistic
It's all bad, but one of the most sickening parts was that when we convicted the Blackwater merceneries for MURDER during an active war - it showed that the US might actually be different than other countries at war at least sometimes. That the civilian victims in an enemy territory might be shown justice. It'd be like seeing the Russians who killed civilians on cam actually jailed for their crimes - and it sent a message too: "You're not untouchable, there actually may be consequences" which changes the whole game.
And then Trump, with the support of near half the US population of fucking shitwits - PARDONS THEM, COMPLETELY. Pardons them of indiscriminately shooting into a crowded area of the place we're claiming to 'keep peace' in.
That sends too messages
One to the contracters: "You are above the law, there will be no consequences".
One to struggling nations we intervene in: "They're no different than all the other occupiers through all our shitty history"
I hate it when people don't get punished for financial crimes, as it's a given enough money means disproportionately small consequences
but it disgusts me when something like that happens and undermines crimes of violence as well. It makes me a lose another bit of hope
that any of this means something. That we actually are different in any way in the US.
Blame on stupid populations that vote greedy/unscrupulous people into power. You more than anyone should understand that.
As an example, back in the 30s both Argentina and the US had the same size economy. One country voted for FDR and the other voted for fucking Peron. You know how that story ended.
@@cevcena6692 I know a chick whose dad is in the arms industry and is one of the people currently supplying arms to eastern european countries right now. They're literally getting filthy rich through backdoor deals with established companies like (Das***) and even knew that the war was gonna happen beforehand. Bought a villa in alps and is literally anticipating for the war to boil over to at least poland. It's disgusting that these people are literally profiting out of the death of thousands. There's also my suspicion that the US made a deal with NATO when they invited Ukraine to join. Idk about the other western countries but I'm positive that France's arms industry is experiencing exponential growth rn, and they all knew or even probably manipulated the start of this war. That's why the US pulled out of Iraq moments before Russia invaded Ukraine. These bastards knew a more profitable front was about to open.
Edit: removed the direct name of the company
@@voidhawkslx "tHe uS mIgHt bE dIfFeREnT"
Yeah. It's way different because it's waaaaaaaaaaaay worse. Conveniently pinning murders on mercenaries isn't going to change anything. Everything they've done in the name of freedom ever since WW2 was murder and genocide. And it's waaaaaaaaaay ahead of everyone else in that regard. So YES. Way different,.
Great video!
Modern wars are not meant to be won. But are meant to make select people rich, very rich. The soldiers who lose and/or risk their lives must be very proud.
A soldier has 2 missions. 1. to follow oders. 2. To make friends with contractors for a chance at work after we get out!
Proud of what
@@michaelmelamed9103 Yes that is the point? Do you need someone to explain what he said to you?
No kidding!
100 years of imperialism
"Ok, I'm going to go try not to be depressed about how our democracy works".
I love how Johnny states things on the fly that most of us are too scared, too lazy, or too uninformed to say. Thank you.
how timid/stupid are you that you think it's a crazy and rare thing to say that democracy is complicated
First time watching u . Yes I subscribed 😊
Now I'll go rewatch T-Pain's cover of War Pigs.
Man you deserve some appreciation ❤
So straight forward🫡
After what happened in Afghanistan I'm convinced I'll never join the military. Respect to all the brothers and sisters out there serving, but the people calling the shots are airheads and I'm not putting my life in their hands just because they feel the need to flex the military on other countries.
@@NobodyNothingNeverNowhere Congress was intended by the founders to serve the people, but it's clearly the other way around. Nobody should be able to invest in stocks while in Congress that should be considered punishable by jail time.
@@Redditor6079 congress was designed by the founders to serve the citizenry - citizens at the time being solely wealthy, land-owning white men. And they kinda still serve that function. The system we have is not broken - it was designed to be this way, to funnel wealth and power, together, to a select few individuals. And you and I ain’t one of em.
@@Redditor6079 You're completely right, corrupt people in power making sure they stay in power and the people work for them instead of them working for the people, and we watch ourselves getting fucked in the ass.
Those guys are not strategy experts that's for sure. Should have played video games for learning strategy. (A joke)
@@deviationblue add *slave-owning
as an indian i always thought that India is the most corrupt country and the politicians here are ruthless I always thought life in west is so good and democracy is maintained in west but nowadays when I'm knowing more about USA and how democracy actually works there I really don't know what to comprehend its just unimaginable how USA works
Bhai, the US is just a third world country with a GUCCI bag. I have been to Norway and have read upon the US, the difference between their institutions is beyond comprehension. We are just corrupt and we all know it, but the US has kept this Mirage for its people, on how they are JUST people and their government is accountable. They are not.
@@thromboplastin446 Anyone who says "The US is a third world country with a Gucci bag" is basically screaming "I have never been to a third world country."
Seriously, there are plenty of things in the US that are pretty ridiculously bad, but the comparison is naive at best.
@@Goetterkomplex_ he means that they're just as corrupt as 3rd world countries.
@@Goetterkomplex_ I am from India and studied in Norway for a term. Worked in US for a year. I am not saying that the US is bad, beautiful country and Amazing people, I am rather saying that the US has a habit of addressing issues the way any third world country addresses their issues. Whereas in countries like Norway and Denmark, Well, they actually get their shit done.
@@thromboplastin446 true
Incredible investigation.
You need to publish a book.
I feel sad for the soldiers and their families. Those who lost lives, went through trauma,While people in their AC rooms made tons of money. Also the people whose lives were dragged in war and in the end nothing changed.
Mainstream media sells us shit and there are TH-camrs giving us real news.
Don’t be mistaken there are TH-camrs who try to sell you shit without disclosing that it’s sponsored or mentioning it at the end. *cough cough* Johnny’s video “how China became so powerful” where he pushes the WEF agenda and the video does not really talk about the history of China as much as it should. All that being said, I love Johnny Harris and he is a great journalist but nobody is infallible. Don’t misunderstand me though, you can learn a lot more about shit that actually is important from TH-camrs/independent journalists rather than traditional media. Traditional media tends to blow things out of proportion for clicks/views. Follow the money with everyone, even Harris sometimes.
Sad but True ...🎶
(said Metallica)
I 'liked' their 12-day or so coverage of the Ukraine invasion. Then for some inexplicable reason it all just went silent, even though the situation in Ukraine now is more dire than ever. The war-time journalists bringing us the real coverage did an amazing job, and I'm sure they're still there sending in their reports only to have some executive decide 'I want higher ratings' and bench their report for the rage-story of the day. So glad we have content creators like Johnny and others who are able to bring us actual news about important issues.
@@grredge so what ppl don't have much time to research before watching anything, n so called perfect world don't exist anymore think so👀👀
The worst is when you get back, and you know the truth. And everyone around you is pissed off about the wrong things. And then the cycle begins.... A well trained soldier can make the American conglomerate rich for years ..
The problem is corruption, it is not that "they were not paying attention due to war". The people responsible for giving out these contracts, especially to those companies that don't do anything and just pocket the money, are the real culprits. Let me give you an example. If I was the person responsible for giving out a $1B contract, and I assign it to a "friend", he gets the huge profitable contract and gives me 100 mill in cash without anyone knowing. This is exactly how it works, but it's untraceable, and it is a cancer in the US and basically every country.
VERY TRUE
It doesn't even need to be your friend, and no one has to hide giving you money. Just buy enough stocks from the company. Or get them as compensation for your no-need-to-show-up job as advisor.
I think my biggest issue is America’s don’t term this corruption but everywhere they “liberate” it’s termed correctly
Well, not necessarily. Corruption is one of the problems and it works in many ways, including the one that you just explained. But what this video confirms is that even without corruption (as in, without breaking any laws) there are people legally profiting obscene amounts of money. This is one of those cases where the lawmakers don't want to make laws and regulations to stop these, because it benefits them.
I agree these corrupt people are the reason why so many countries are suffering throughout the world including my own: Bangladesh.
thanks again team Jony =)