Saturday, July 23, 2011
So now we have an official number
According to the about to be released reported from the Commission on Wartime Contracting, we pissed away $34 Billion on service contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The United States has wasted some $34 billion on service contracts with the private sector in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study being finalized for Congress.All things considered, we should really label all $200 Billion wasted because a) it was spent doing things the military used to do for itself and b) it was spent in Iraq and Afghanistan where we have no reason being, then or now.
The findings by a bipartisan congressional commission were confirmed to Reuters by a person familiar with the draft of the study, which is due to be completed in coming weeks.
The analysis by the Commission on Wartime Contracting, details of which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, offers the most complete look so far at the misuse of U.S. contracting funds in Afghanistan and Iraq, where more than $200 billion has been doled out in the contracts and grants over nearly a decade.
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