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A superb article detailing John Sopko's years of fact finding. He tears away the veil of disinformation, half lies, and full lies emanating out of the war mongers.
This sort of lying reflect that which came out out of Dheim's puppet government in that long forgotten disaster and oppressive action in Asia (Vietnam) in order to justify sustained spending and effort for a losing project.
This sort of lying reflect that which came out out of Dheim's puppet government in that long forgotten disaster and oppressive action in Asia (Vietnam) in order to justify sustained spending and effort for a losing project.
“Be very careful when someone says they’ve extended the life expectancy by 20 years in Afghanistan. That’s baloney,” says John Sopko, the top U.S. government official tasked with oversight of spending in Afghanistan. “They don’t collect data. They don’t collect birth- and death rates.”
For years he and his staff at the Congress-appointed office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) have attempted to verify USAID’s spending on development programs in that country. He says he has been routinely frustrated by the agency’s inability to specify initiatives that have worked.
“I said, ‘Can you point to any program? Is it better to put money into building schools, or was it better to hire teachers, or was it better to train?’” he says. “The American taxpayer deserves an answer. Congress deserves an answer.”
Last year SIGAR concluded that the success of USAID’s spending on women-related projects in Afghanistan could not be evaluated because the agency was unable to identify which portions of programs specifically related to women."
For years he and his staff at the Congress-appointed office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) have attempted to verify USAID’s spending on development programs in that country. He says he has been routinely frustrated by the agency’s inability to specify initiatives that have worked.
“I said, ‘Can you point to any program? Is it better to put money into building schools, or was it better to hire teachers, or was it better to train?’” he says. “The American taxpayer deserves an answer. Congress deserves an answer.”
Last year SIGAR concluded that the success of USAID’s spending on women-related projects in Afghanistan could not be evaluated because the agency was unable to identify which portions of programs specifically related to women."
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