rssOf Course That Pakistan Aid Got Diverted
Monday, October 05, 2009 at 11:06 am
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Two Pakistani Army generals confess a painful truth about the Bush administration’s years of giving billions to Pakistan:
Between 2002 and 2008, while al-Qaida regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military, two army generals tell The Associated Press.
Why, who could have forseen that? After all, the Bush administration only paid its ally Pervez Musharraf in untraceable cash transfers. Yes, that’s right: billions in cash. Why would anyone think that money wouldn’t reach its directed targets?
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Comment posted October 5, 2009 @ 5:52 pm
Awesome. While the “corruption as standard practice” business model seems pretty ubiquitous in some industries (oil comes to mind, as with so many things associated with the previous administration…), would a greater than 90% “take” be anywhere in the realm of acceptable outcomes if it were someone's profits rather than taxpayer money?
Add this on top of the billions that simply disappeared in Iraq, and pretty soon you're talking real money…
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