We learned the process by which Coalition money gets to the
Afghan Ministry of Finance and then trickles down to the other Ministries. It’s a fascinating process that we told them
to use which pretty much mimics our own Pentagon processes. They are doomed. For the stuff they are to buy with our money,
they have to abide by US Procurement Laws, so no foreign made uniforms or
boots. Check 1 for no Afghan jobs. No contracting
to firms which may have questionable ties.
Check 2 for no jobs. Many local
companies cant meet the many accounting rules.
Check 3, as only a few compete….and so on. We want these people to stand on their own,
but it seems we built in checks that makes it harder. The good thing is that the system is so convoluted
that no-one Afghan can be truly held responsible for not getting things
done. Its as if the process was tailor
made for them.
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