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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. will seek billions more to support Afghan military efforts
U.S. will seek billions more to support Afghan military efforts
By Tim Craig June 18 at 5:00 PM
KABUL Americas longest war is about to include more cash for Afghanistans army and police force without any new conditions to try to ensure it doesnt get gobbled up before making it to the battlefield.
At a NATO summit in Warsaw that begins July 8, the United States and its allies will try to raise $15 billion to fund Afghan security forces through 2020. About $10.5 billion of that is expected to come from the United States, a continuation of commitments to pay and clothe Afghan security forces while supplying them with fuel, weapons and ammunition to fight Taliban insurgents.
But even though billions of dollars have been wasted or stolen here over the past 15 years, NATO leaders will probably not link the money to new benchmarks or anti-corruption standards for the Afghan military, said Maj. Gen. Gordon Skip Davis Jr., commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, which oversees coalition support for Afghan security forces.
The U.S.-led coalition, for example, will still seek to fund 352,000 Afghan soldiers and police, even though auditors have repeatedly questioned whether Afghanistan has that many security personnel...
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-us-will-be-seeking-billions-more-from-other-countries-to-help-support-afghanistan-efforts/2016/06/17/3b6bb0b8-2f3d-11e6-b9d5-3c3063f8332c_story.html
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U.S. will seek billions more to support Afghan military efforts (Original Post)
think
Jun 2016
OP
America always seems to find money for wars no matter how much fraud and abuse occurs....
think
Jun 2016
#4
JEB
(4,748 posts)1. Bleeding us dry. Did it to the Soviets and
we seem hell bent on following suit.
think
(11,641 posts)4. America always seems to find money for wars no matter how much fraud and abuse occurs....
pangaia
(24,324 posts)2. Think of it as a business opportunity.
think
(11,641 posts)3. As no efforts will be made to ensure passed corruption will not happen again I would whole heartedly
agree...
JEB
(4,748 posts)5. Hardly anyone wants to talk about this.
I guess it's just a lot more fun to have pissing matches over candidates.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. 14 years of war haven't worked so far
Let's try another six years of war and $15 billion and see how that works out. And before you start asking a bunch of nosy questions, no, we can't afford a universal basic income because it would cost too much. If you were a Very Serious Person, you'd understand.