The US spent $60 billion rebuilding Iraq after the 2003 war. There is virtually nothing to show for the money. Most of the money seems to have been stolen by US defense contractors.

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[–]EternalSunset 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It has financed a lot of landscaping on Washington DC.

[–]The_Lear_Bluce_Ree 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I seem to recall some sort of controversy about a certain someone getting the contracts for such rebuilding efforts...

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now do Ukraine

[–]monkeymagic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

this is totally the thread for shocked pikachu but i’m too lazy to go digging for him, or whatever pikachu is.