>>Not that I'm trying to defend what has happened (it actually ticks me off pretty bad). But I would be curious to know the level of waste and fraud that occured in the reconstruction of Europe or Japan.
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>So what would you do even if there was ample proof of that?
It would give us something to compare to. Is what happened in Iraq typical of overseas operations that US contractors get involved in? I don't know. I suspect that the same - or worse - happened in Viet Nam.
>And even if half the money then was squandered, what was the lesson learned from that? How to squander even better 60 years later? How to get away with billions of unaccounted for money?
What are you barking at me for?
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