>>>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?
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>>What are you barking at me for?
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>For putting this in parallel to post-WWII rebuilding. IMO, the situations are too different to draw any sort of conclusion.
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>As for Vietnam, I don't remember that it was rebuilt by the US. What happened during the war, how was money handled - if you have any info on that, I'm really curious to read it.


Good point. For sure it would be highly unusual for the loser of a war to rebuild the winner's country.