In this May 27 file photo, a U.S. soldier carries a bed frame in Camp Carver, Iraq, on the outskirts of Madain, about 15 miles southeast of Baghdad. The military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history, shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city. Hadi Mizban / The Associated Press Millions' Worth Of Gear Left In Iraq -- Washington Post
Officers air concerns, citing Afghan effort.
BAGHDAD -- Even as the U.S. military scrambles to support a troop surge in Afghanistan, it is donating passenger vehicles, generators and other equipment worth tens of millions of dollars to the Iraqi government.
Under new authority granted by the Pentagon, U.S. commanders in Iraq may now donate to the Iraqis up to $30 million worth of equipment from each facility they leave, up from the $2 million cap established when the guidelines were first set in 2005. The new cap applies at scores of posts that the U.S. military is expected to leave in coming months as it scales back its presence from about 280 facilities to six large bases and a few small ones by the end of next summer.
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My Comment: The money give away continues .... and the U.S. taxpayer pays for it. With oversight (probably) being thrown out the window .... you know that there is going to be abuse.
My prediction. Those generators that are to be donated will probably be found in some bazaar somewhere.
But the money quote in the Washington Post is the following ....
"How can a generator or an SUV or a relocatable building be excess if you are buying the very same thing and sending it to Afghanistan?" said the official, who is involved in the process and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Indeed .... why are we buying this horse again.