Posted on 09/14/2014 3:36:26 AM PDT by huldah1776
American officials have spent billions of tax dollars "setting up projects or programs that the Afghans cannot or will not sustain once international forces" leave Afghanistan, according to a government watchdog.
"Afghanistan is a case study in projects and programs set up without considering" whether they can be continued, said John Sopko, Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Sopko's comments came in a speech Friday to a meeting of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University.
The problem is the sheer magnitude of the reconstruction effort, which is bigger than any ever before undertaken by the U.S.
"Last year, the Afghan government raised about $2 billion in revenues. Next year, it hopes to raise $2.4 billion, although recent reports we have received put this goal in serious doubt," Sopko said.
"With stated budget needs of approximately $7.6 billion, unfortunately the Afghan government will not be able to meet its budget without continued and significant donor assistance," he said
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Yet they have 1 Trillion worth of resources in the ground. All they have to do is extract it.
I truly believe that they are in control now.
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