billions of dollars may be being wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan aid projects simply because those nations can t keep them running ---- may be?
the US can't support the rest of the planet America First!!! On Jun 6, 7:05 am, MJ <[email protected]> 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/ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
