i read this yesterday afternoon

and i was in the state of shock and disbelief. of course i SHOULD know better. i should know the big corporations ALWAYS end up on top. end up with money in their pockets. end up walking all over the backs of the common folk

25-million-dollar Coca-Cola plant opened in Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai formally opened a 25-million-dollar Coca-Cola bottling plant, one of the most significant investments in Afghanistan since the ousting of the Taliban five years ago.
Karzai said it was an endorsement of the government's efforts to push ahead with reconstruction of the war-damaged country.
The plant had its first products, which will compete with imports from Pakistan and Iran, on the streets of the capital in January.
Its initial formal opening was postponed in May after riots in which hordes of men rampaged through the city, setting fire to buildings and vehicles after a deadly traffic accident involving a US military vehicle...........