More Money Fell OFF the Truck? ( Archived) (3)

seems to be a reoccurring story/theme over & over and always the number 5,

Pentagon loses track of $500 million in military aid given to Yemen



March 19, 2015 by Amre Sarhan

the_pentagon(IraqiNews.com) The Pentagon has lost track of more than $500 million in military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that it is at risk of falling into the hands of Iranian-backed militias or al-Qaeda.

Aircraft, weapons, and other equipment donated to Yemen prior to the collapse of its government to al-Houthi rebels has now been out of reach, U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday.

“We have to assume it’s compromised and gone,” an official said.

“The administration really wanted to stick with this narrative that Yemen was different from Iraq. They were trying to do with a minimalist approach,” another official told The Washington Post.

For 50 or 60 years we believed in minimalist approaches. Our only exceptions since 1952 were, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. After that, where we were halfway minimalist in those places we sank back in minimalist.

The reality is for anything other than minimalist, one must commit to a minimum of 30 years of involvement. Long enough so the old culture is forgotten and the newly born kids grow up speaking English. Anything else, and it is a purely a waste of time, manpower and money. The ancient Romans and Egyptians knew this and I have no idea why on Earth this cardinal rule that occupations to eliminate threats must be for a lifetime was forgotten.

So really, and possibly of greater importance is not only did we leave a bunch of Hummers and M-4s behind, but also computers and Intel software. Lovely.