FOX News: 'Colossal waste': DOD slammed for $43M, US-funded gas station in Afghanistan
It might be the world's most expensive gas station — not to mention a gross misuse of taxpayer money, according to a top government watchdog.
The Department of Defense spent $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost roughly $500,000, the lead oversight team monitoring U.S. spending in Afghanistan has found. The discovery came as part of a broader investigation into allegations of criminal activity within the DOD's premiere program to kick-start the Afghan economy.
"It's fright-night at the Pentagon," John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), told FoxNews.com, calling the spending "outrageous to the taxpayer."
WNU Editor: This is beyond dumb. This corruption is breathtaking .... and what is unbelievable is that the Pentagon tried their best to block any investigation on this story.
Is the Gas Station made out of Gold Bullion?
ReplyDeleteGoat $hit and fairy dust.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Compressed Natural Gas Station, built in a country where there are very few CNG powered vehicles, and the cost of converting a vehicle to CNG is 1 1/3 the average annual income of an Afghan family.
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