Wednesday, May 16, 2012

US abandons consulate site in Afghanistan, citing security risks

Another brilliant waste of taxpayer's money.

Via Cry Beloved Country

After signing a 10-year lease and spending more than $80 million on a site envisioned as the United States’ diplomatic hub in northern Afghanistan, American officials say they have abandoned their plans, deeming the location for the proposed compound too dangerous.

Eager to raise an American flag and open a consulate in a bustling downtown district of the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, officials in 2009 sought waivers to stringent State Department building rules and overlooked significant security problems at the site, documents show. The problems included relying on local building techniques that made the compound vulnerable to a car bombing, according to an assessment by the U.S. Embassy in Kabul that was obtained by The Washington Post.

2 comments:

  1. Dumb asses. Probably by deisgn. Just cover for the 80MM given to the Taliban for opium trafficking.

    Pickdog
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  2. Really and we'd got to pay the lease for 10 years on top of that. Should be a parody.

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