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Francesca9 Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 01:39 AM
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A U.S. 'legacy of waste' in Iraq
Source: LA Times


The $53-billion reconstruction effort is not without its successes. But poor planning, violence and a failure to consult Iraqis derailed many projects, which may offer lessons in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-reconstruction-20100829,0,5306224.story


We spent a LOT without doing much
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 02:45 AM
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1. No surprise there
when lose pallets of cash with no idea where it went?
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 05:11 AM
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2. How to waste a Trillion dollars and replace one puppet
with another and genocide hundreds of thousands

Yes what a waste and it made the Middle East unsafer
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