projects simply because those nations can t keep them running
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may be?
the US can't support the rest of the planet
America First!!!
On Jun 6, 7:05 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Report Warns of Billions Wasted in Iraq, Afghan ProjectsNations Can't Keep Massive US Projects Runningby Jason Ditz, June 03, 2011
> TheCommission on Wartime Contractinghas issued a new report (PDF) warning that in addition to the already heavily documented problems of corruption, billions of dollars may be being wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan aid projects simply because those nations can t keep them running.
> This is perhaps unsurprising, but the penchant for the US to create enormous public works projects in rural Iraq and Afghanistan has left those nations with enormous boondoggles that they eithercan t upkeep, can t staff, or don t have the right people to operate.
> This isn t an entirely new phenomenon, as in2009 we reported on the Nasiriyah water plant, which the US built at a cost of $270 million running at bare bones capacity over lack of training for the workers. Or the massive US-built hospital immediately closed because Iraq couldn t supply it with electricity, let alone doctors.
> The new report takes both the Defense and State Departments, as well as USAID to task for failing to consider the sustainability of such projects, attributing it to poor planning and overly ambitious proposals.http://news.antiwar.com/2011/06/03/report-warns-of-billions-wasted-in-iraq-afghan-projects/
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