The U.S. Spent $43,000,000 on a Single Gas Station in Afghanistan. It Should Have Cost $500,000

The U.S. Spent $43,000,000 on a Single Gas Station in Afghanistan. It Should Have Cost $500,000

My best friend in the U.S. Army was a Special Forces officer with service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once, we had a conversation about how he was responsible for “bags of cash” in Afghanistan that he used to pay for various services from friendly indigenous troops he was advising and training. I had heard of this before, but here was someone who personally admitted the practice and how it had progressed beyond what the Army had envisioned when the…