When the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released its analysis of Department of Defense spending, it only reported on $21 billion out of $66 billion appropriated for reconstruction. And stories about the continued inadequacies of the country’s armed forces creates concern about the effectiveness of the spending. (Project on Government Oversight, April 1, 2015, by Neil Gordon)
In War Is Boring, March 31, 2015, Matthew Gualt reports that although the Pentagon did not break any laws in not reporting on the $45 billion, there is no way of knowing where the money went. “The Pentagon has a history of wasting billions in the country on bad projects, corrupt business partners and disreputable construction companies,” writes Gualt. The Inspector General was unable to obtain records of how the Pentagon spent the $45 billion since before 2010, it was not required to report on how it funded contracts.