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| Afghanistan: The U.S. Wasted Billions On Buildings & Vehicles |
| 2021-03-04 |
| [ZERO] A report released by The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (known as SIGAR) has found that the United States wasted billions of dollars on capital assets such as buildings, motor vehicles and aircraft in Afghanistan. SIGAR conducts audits, inspections and investigations to ensure U.S. taxpayer money invested in reconstruction is spent efficiently and the agency aims to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of funding. The picture is not a good one, as Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, by the end of 2020, SIGAR reported that the U.S. has appropriated around $143.27 for relief and construction in the war-torn country since 2002 with the cost distributed across four key areas - security ($88.32 billion), governance and development ($35.95 billion), civilian operations ($14.87 billion) and humanitarian aid ($4.13 billion). |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 . . . Have a Dawn Has Broken Over MarbleHead |
| Posted by: Sloth Spring1836 2021-03-04 23:26 |
| #10 Fortune Cookie: You are showing growth intellectually, knowing your limits Today is a Step in the Direction of Wisdom for Tomorrow. |
| Posted by: Snakes Owning Crissa9361 2021-03-04 23:18 |
| #9 only took 20 years to come to this conclusion? Man, these ppl who are smarter than me are kinda slow. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-03-04 21:51 |
| #8 This was post 9/11 danegeld. Since there was no repeat attack it wasn't wasted. </sarc> |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-03-04 14:31 |
| #7 Thank you G. Bush...thought it was worth repeating again. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-03-04 12:06 |
| #6 Halliburton to the rescue |
| Posted by: 746 2021-03-04 11:12 |
| #5 Thank you G. Bush. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-03-04 11:05 |
| #4 Thank you G. Bush. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-03-04 11:05 |
| #3 Hey, maybe if they keep fighting the war they'll win. One of these decades. |
| Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 2021-03-04 08:43 |
| #2 In 2001 there was news coverage of entire semi trailer loads of wrapped $100 bills being landed at Bagram, courtesy of Uncle Sam. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-03-04 08:43 |
| #1 Buildings and vehicles? The entire effort was a waste and the waste continues. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-04 07:44 |