Utopia Talk / Politics / A $320,000,000 PR stunt

Rugian Member	Wed May 22 10:16:04 "The pier constructed off Gaza’s coast has taken months to build and cost at least $320 million (likely more) in taxpayer money. Yet it already appears to be a near-total failure. The pier was designed to provide large amounts of food, medical, and other aid to Gaza every day. Instead, however, the Pentagon’s chief military spokesman, Maj. Gen Patrick Ryder, announced on Tuesday that he does not believe any pier-provided aid has actually reached the Palestinians it was destined for. While hundreds of tons of metric aid have crossed the pier into Gaza over the past few days, everything has been stolen. As Politico’s Lara Seligman reports, the Pentagon is now considering “alternative routes” for aid flows." http://www.../biden-gaza-pier-omnishambles/ Remember folks, the next time Democrats tell you that you need to be taxed more, this is thr kind of shit they want to spend your money on.
murder Member	Wed May 22 11:54:34 I'm going to need a breakdown of that $320 million ... because as far as I know it costs exactly $0. As far as I know it's existing military equipment constructed by US military personnel, and it will be recovered and reused.
Rugian Member	Wed May 22 13:04:27 "JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million. Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters the cost is a rough estimate for the project and includes the transportation of the equipment and pier sections from the United States to the coast of Gaza, as well as the construction and aid delivery operations." http://apn...d9ea94550aed2d24a258dfd98d866e If you don't believe the price tag, just remember that these are the same people who figured out how to spend $10,000 to replace a toilet seat. These mofos burn through cash.
CHINA RULZ USA SUCKS Member	Wed May 22 14:23:38 SHULD HAV HIRD CHINESE 2 BUILDS IT! OWND OBWD POWD OSDWD ONDEW
murder Member	Wed May 22 15:15:26 That still sounds like a bogus number. They are saying that it costs that much as if those ships and those soldiers doing anything else wouldn't cost just as much. Unless they are getting hazard pay, it should be as expensive as sailing around the Caribbean Sea.
Sam Adams Member	Thu May 23 12:19:56 Dems are literally retarded.
Rugian Member	Tue May 28 15:44:57 Aaaaaaaand it's gone! ---- "US Gaza pier knocked out of action by heavy seas A temporary pier built by the US military to deliver aid to Gaza has been damaged by heavy seas and will take at least a week to be repaired, according to US officials. US forces began building the floating pier - which is attached to Gaza's shoreline by a temporary causeway - several weeks ago. The causeway portion of the project has now reportedly broken off and will have to be repaired before being returned to its position." http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c033m529ry0o
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 28 19:18:55 The Mediterranean in may is super fucking tame too. This aint exactly the north atlantic in november. Bidens bureaucrats cannot do a single thing correct, even on easy difficulty level. Very sebish
TheChildren Member	Wed May 29 00:21:19 aaaannnndddd it gone...
Paramount Member	Wed May 29 02:15:50 USA unable to build bridges. Unable to build anything.
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