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Wrong Republican, that was G.W. Bush, and it had all of the Libcom support back then. It would be political suicide for the media to start bashing Afghanistan.
Trump would bash them over their silly fucking heads with all of the Love Story Reporting at the time. There were no hard questions asked then, they ruined the Dixie Chicks and Richard Geere's career for speaking out against it at the time, remember?
They didn't even report when people were rebelling saying "they lied, people died!"

Gold Star families sue U.S. companies for paying protection to Taliban

“The money was a major source of funding for the Taliban in 2009. The suit alleges that as much as 40% of the funds for major projects were paid to insurgents. It’s illegal under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act to provide material support to the Taliban, yet none of the companies has been criminally prosecuted, reports NPR. “

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawsuit-defense-contractors-afghanistan-protection-money_n_5e080b20e4b0b2520d164687