"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:13:57 -0400, "Robert Green"
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"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Robert Green wrote:

The US never supported the Taliban. The Taliban wasn't organized
until 1996. We didn't support ANYBODY in that country after the
Russians left in 1988.

Sure we did. Out of the $20B we've given Pakistan, clearly *some* of
it has gone to the Taliban.

Clearly? I'd appreciate a cite.

Did anyone see Restrepo (2010)?
The US sent a pallet of cash to Afghanistan.

From what I've been told, it's not just one pallet, and it's not just
Afghanistan. Shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills that go to warlords and
whomever gets lucky, I suppose. In one case at least, the temptation was
too great and a US Marine ran off with almost a half million in cash meant
for Afghanistanis:

http://www.militarytimes.com/forum/s...ison-for-fraud

"OCEANSIDE, Calif. - A Marine Corps pilot accused of stealing $440,000 in
Iraq reconstruction funds will spend a year in federal prison under a plea
deal.

U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell, a federal judge in Phoenix,
Ariz., sentenced Maj. Mark R. Fuller, of Yuma, Ariz., to one year plus one
day in prison after the officer pleaded guilty to two counts of structuring
financial transactions stemming from a federal grand jury indictment last
spring. Fuller, who initially was charged with 22 counts, also must pay a
$198,510 fine and $200 court assessment, said Special Agent James P.
McCormick, an Internal Revenue Service spokesman in Phoenix. Fuller had
deployed to Iraq with 5th Civil Affairs Group and worked at Camp Fallujah as
a project purchasing officer handling CERP, or Commander's Emergency
Response Program, funds. Federal prosecutors alleged the officer took money
from the program and made 91 separate deposits totaling more than $440,000
into personal bank accounts from October 2005 to April 2006."

If he didn't pay any of the money back, he's made $240K for sitting in jail
for a year. Sign me up!

In my LENF classes, the prof said for every criminal caught and convicted,
10 to 20 get away clean.

--
Bobby G.