Posted on 02/24/2010 10:41:42 PM PST by DTAD
The decision last week by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates to approve $150 million in military aid to Yemen is the latest effort to shore up the government there as a war on terror ally. But if victory could be bought, the war would have been over long ago...
The Yemen aid package represents a near trebling of US military assistance to the government headed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, which received $67 million last year. It is the latest in a series of efforts undertaken or supported by the US to turn the tide in its global conflict with al-Qaida by shoveling money at the problem.
Last month, an international conference in London pledged $140 million to support an Afghan government effort to reconcile Taliban leaders and reintegrate their foot soldiers.
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What a way to waste $150 million!
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