The $43,000,000 gas station, ...in Afghanistan

[MidnightRose]

Count your blessings. You just can't make this stuff up.



Click on the following link to read U.S. Paid For 'World's Most Expensive' Gas Station In Afghanistan

Here's what it looks like:


Source

[strivingobserver98]

What makes it so expensive, and why did the US want it?

[MidnightRose]

What makes it so expensive, and why did the US want it?

That's what US Representative Ted Poe wants to know as well. In the video he says, "A mysterious Department of Defense special task force" is responsible for this. The emphasis is on mysterious.

I guess the DOD special task force wanted it to be, as Congressman Poe puts it, "a hum dinger of a truck stop".

[Abz2000]

Interesting news piece, amazing that fox news reported it:

Here's one on some details of halliburton kbr in iraq, but again, doesn't even scratch the surface:

[MidnightRose]

Interesting news piece, amazing that fox news reported it:

Here's one on some details of halliburton kbr in iraq, but again, doesn't even scratch the surface:

Interesting video. Very thought provoking.

As a side note: Demoted Army Colonel Janis Karpinski - seen and interviewed in the video above - was eventually vindicated of the allegations made against her.

Anyone interested can read about it by clicking on: Abu Ghraib head finds vindication in newly released memos.They didn't give her the Brigadier General star back though.

Oh well...

In the words of US Congressman Ted Poe, "...And that's just the way it is. I yield back." Source: Video @ 1:22