War Wastage & Profits

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    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...stroyed-by-afghans-sold-as-scrap-for-6-cents/


    Sixteen military transport planes bought by the United States government for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at a cost of nearly $500 million were recently destroyed by the Afghan military and sold for scrap parts at around six cents per pound, prompting a government inquiry to determine why millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on the ill-fated program.

    The Department of Defense purchased for the AAF a total of 20 Italian-made G222 military transport planes at a cost of $486 million. However, the fleet was grounded in March 2013 “after sustained, serious performance, maintenance, and spare parts problems” were discovered, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

    After sitting unused for some time on the tarmac at Kabul International Airport, the Afghan military decided to destroy 16 of the planes and sell the scrap metal for roughly 6 cents per pound






    If that isn't bad enough, here's more:



    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/10/1333010/-War-Profiteering-in-Iraq



    War Profiteering in Iraq.



    When perfectly conservative sources like the Financial Times of London point to the shameless war profiteering in a particular conflict, one sits up and takes notice. The analysis done by FT estimates that the US alone spent about $138 billion with roughly $72 billion, more than half the total, going to the top ten contractors of whom eight were American. And the article's author cautions that these figures are probably very low estimates since, many contractors operate under a variety of names to avoid scrutiny.


    The Iraq War was so obviously about war profiteering and oil that it seems amazing that anyone can still believe that it was chiefly about such things as regional or global security.




    The fact that money and war profiteering opportunities was a core motive in the core motivation for the US invasion/occupation of Iraq in 2003 is shown by the fact that it was the first near totally privatized war in US history. According to a Christian Science Monitor, "By 2008, the US Department of Defense employed 155,826 private contractors in Iraq – and 152,275 troops. This degree of privatization is unprecedented in modern warfare." The report goes on to put the contracting system in historic perspective by noting that although private contractors had a battlefield presence in most post-WWII US conflicts, the Iraq War (2003) was the first time such contracting went beyond simply logistical and base support. The heavy reliance on private contracting became unprecedented during the 2003 Iraq War.





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    BILLIONS wasted in these useless wars that profit the rich while causing more deaths and instability in the Middle East.



    NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON
     

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