Salon: Salon sat down with the journalist Antony Loewenstein to discuss one of the more explosive controversies he uncovers in his book: how the U.S. war in Afghanistan was privatized. Loewenstein spent time in war-torn Afghanistan, as well as neighboring Pakistan, researching for “Disaster Capitalism.” His compelling recounting of his experiences paints a picture of a crisis-stricken world in which virtually everything has been privatized, in which private military companies, or PMCs — 21st-century warlords — exercise more control over countries than their own inhabitants. A slew of Western multinational corporations quite familiar to Americans appear throughout the chapter, including Northrop Grumman, DynCorp, Halliburton and more. Click here to read more (external link).