Quite a RACKET they have going, huh?
"US military faulted over truck security in Afghanistan; Supply firms pay warlords for protection; Corrupt system aiding Taliban" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | June 22, 2010
WASHINGTON — The system set up by the US military to supply its troops in Afghanistan fuels corruption and finances warlords and the Taliban, according to a report released yesterday by an oversight committee headed by US Representative John F. Tierney of Salem....
This is NOTHING NEW!
The report accuses the military of turning a blind eye to the problem....
Hey, that's how you KEEP a WAR GOING, haven't you heard?
The report comes after a six-month investigation into Host Nation Trucking, the major contract under which 70 percent of all goods to US military bases in the country are supplied. Tierney and his aides interviewed dozens of contractors, military officers, Afghan leaders, and warlords, including two brothers and two cousins of Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai. Tierney, a Democrat, has asked military officials to testify at a hearing on the issue today.
Army criminal investigators are also examining allegations that Afghan security firms have been extorting as much as $4 million a week from US military trucking contractors, according to the Associated Press. A call and e-mail to a Pentagon spokeswoman were not returned yesterday.
Ain't WAR GREAT, American$?
The report paints a grim picture of a deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan....
Perhaps more disturbing, it suggests that even the absence of attacks could be bad news for the United States, because temporary peace is bought as a result of payments to warlords that often funnel money to the Taliban.
Oh, they REALLY GOT YOU NOW, huh, stoo-pido Amurkns!!!?
Yup, if ATTACKS are UP it's bad, and if ATTACKS are DOWN it is bad!
Time to LEAVE NOW, America!
Yup, PEACE is WAR according to the LYING, AGENDA-PUSHING, WAR-PROMOTING, scum Zionist AmeriKan MSM!
The report provides new details and documents to support allegations that have been simmering in the press....
Really? WHERE, PoS puke?
Seriously, WHO WRITES this SLOP?
A Sept 10, 2009, internal company memo from an undisclosed contractor said that a US military commander “stated he did not care what it took or how much it cost to get the loads through as that was our problem. Basically, without saying it, if we support the enemy that is ok.’’
It SURE is a GOOD WAY to CONTINUE SELLING a NEVER-ENDING WAR, isn't it?
A senior Defense Department official in Afghanistan told Tierney’s staff that protection payments had been discussed, but that no action has been taken.
“There is no change on the horizon,’’ the official said, according to the report. “We keep punting the issue down the road. It would require a major shock to the system to change the [Host Nation Trucking] business model.’’
So much for ELECTING CHANGE, America!!!
This month, top Pentagon officials informed members of Congress that they are creating a task force to examine the impact of US contracting on corruption....
“While is it important that we continue to do all we can to combat illicit financial flows, setting up an alternative to Afghan private security contracts — such as having US troops escort the goods — would be costly and entail additional dangers,’’ said Jeremy Pam, guest scholar at US Institute of Peace.
So WHEN are we LEAVING then?
