On the other hand he does have a point. Just what kind of idiot DOES send 360 tons of cash to a war zone?
The Iraqis we're taking Visa, MC, AMEX, or checks...maybe we should have paid them with the little cardboard pogs that the troops get instead of coin change at the PX?
I think cash is often used in war zones, to pay people off. I think there were millions taken to Afghanistan.
I suppose Gold would be used that way as well.
My question about the story is, is the 4 billion "lost", or are we pretty sure it was used to pay salaries, but we just didn't keep records.