The Brand New, Unused US Military Headquarters In Afghanistan Embodies The Waste Of The War

[FarCenter]

A report out today details how the U.S. military is slapping some finishing touches on a ridiculously expensive headquarters in Afghanistan that no one will use.

And the military commanders didn't even want it, reports Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post.

From the Post:

The windowless, two-story structure, which is larger than a football field, was completed this year at a cost of $34 million. But the military has no plans to ever use it. Commanders in the area, who insisted three years ago that they did not need the building, now are in the process of withdrawing forces and see no reason to move into the new facility.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/military-builds-expensive-hq-no-one-uses-2013-7

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Hell, that's nothing compared to the $7 billion worth of MRAPs we're turning into scrap there.

What a fucking racket. Multiple somebodies are getting rich off the war machine.

I'm starting to think we should emulate the Chinese approach and start executing economic criminals. Well, not seriously, but a guy can daydream...

[leftstreet]

2. Rumsfeld's missing pallets of cash pale in comparison

DURec

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. And who was the contractor that built it?

THEY obviously needed/wanted the money.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Plus..it may be demolished!

$34 million US military building in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, that has never been used
and may be demolished is now under investigation - @NBCNews

[msongs]

5. it is not waste. it is the deliberate sc rewing of taxpayers by our political class in favor of

their corporate/military blow buddies