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Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - GMDino - 06-21-2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/21/pentagon-blew-28-million-uniforms-afghan-soldiers-report-says/413219001/ Quote:WASHINGTON — The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Looks like we need to cut food stamps again.... RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Au165 - 06-21-2017 Government purchasing in general is horrible and wasteful. My company does a lot of it and they either want to underpay and not get the solution they need or over pay and get far more than what they need for their issue. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Belsnickel - 06-21-2017 I am utterly shocked. Shocked I say. When I see things like this and then think of all of the underfunded (or outright unfunded) things that could make a positive impact on the people in our country it irritates me to think that our defense budget is so bloated that things happen like this and nothing is really done about it apart from lip service. I may or may not be doing research on something that would benefit from government funded research, but hasn't received government funding for 20 years. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Dill - 06-21-2017 Digital Woodland--Cool! ![]() RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Dill - 06-21-2017 (06-21-2017, 04:00 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I am utterly shocked. Shocked I say. When I see things like this and then think of all of the underfunded (or outright unfunded) things that could make a positive impact on the people in our country it irritates me to think that our defense budget is so bloated that things happen like this and nothing is really done about it apart from lip service. Them's small potatoes, Bels. I know you haven't forgotten that HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS went down the toilet in Iraq. The fascinating irony about that waste is that so much of it was driven by the complaint that government is inefficient, hence the need for privatization, subcontracting, etc. (Remember, one tendency of neoliberalism is to turn back upon the government, regarding it as a new "market" to be acquired.) I wonder what Afghan soldiers think of the new uniforms. I would not jump to the conclusion this expenditure was all waste based solely on US judgment of what is appropriate. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Belsnickel - 06-21-2017 (06-21-2017, 04:26 PM)Dill Wrote: Them's small potatoes, Bels. I know you haven't forgotten that HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS went down the toilet in Iraq. Oh, my shock was most definitely facetious. One of the issues with the movement to new public management thanks to neoliberalism is a breakdown in accountability. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - oncemoreuntothejimbreech - 06-21-2017 Two words: War Dogs RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - NATI BENGALS - 06-21-2017 I was there. We wrecked shop. 12 years later we are still didillying around. GTFO. We can teach them to fight. We cant teach them to have nuts. Such a waste of lives, time, and money. We need to give up on the nation building. We beat ass. Stick with that. When something comes up that threatens our national defense we should go neutralize the threat. After the quick ass whooping move on and let NATO sort it out. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Dill - 06-21-2017 (06-21-2017, 05:04 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Oh, my shock was most definitely facetious. One of the issues with the movement to new public management thanks to neoliberalism is a breakdown in accountability. All the more profitable!! And as the reports come in of "mismanagement," it becomes more fuel for privatization. The perfect (vicious) circle! RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - ballsofsteel - 06-21-2017 They could of used some of that money to buy more medals for the thousands of Generals to proudly wear. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - Dill - 06-21-2017 (06-21-2017, 06:39 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I was there. We wrecked shop. 12 years later we are still didillying around. GTFO. We can teach them to fight. We cant teach them to have nuts. Nati, I am worried what happens if we leave a broken state broken. Whooping ass is feel good for a few months. Then Al Qaeda or ISIS or whomever have their camps back up and running. Afghanistan is not an example of failed nation building. Rummy had no interest in nation building and turned the country back over to warlords in '02--recreating the situation which produced the Taliban back in the '90s. Then at a moment when the country needed military control in the East and South, W pulled out half that coverage for deployment in Iraq. Welcome back Taliban. You too, Hekmatyar! I think nation building had a decent chance of working in A-stan. E.g., if ISAF or whomever had built a decent highway linking Herat, Kandahar, Kabul, Kunduz, Mazar i Sharif, and back to Herat, that would have garnered tremendous support from what the US considered important stake holders. Every tribe would have been behind it. Country and city would have immediately benefited. We are NATO and it was up to us to sort it out. RE: Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says - xxlt - 06-22-2017 (06-21-2017, 03:27 PM)GMDino Wrote: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/21/pentagon-blew-28-million-uniforms-afghan-soldiers-report-says/413219001/ Once again, the OP misses the big picture. Business does everything better than government, except destroy lives. This contract transferred $28 million of businesses capital back to the rightful owners of that money, business. That is justice for all, baby. That is a big win. Suck it big government. Business wins, shareholders win, America wins. USA! USA! ![]() |