i refuse to pay the new york times just so i can read that story.
2 trillion bucks down the drain.
apparently it was not just one lump sum expenditure in a single year. aka stimulus program where they handed out free money and printed a crapload of it for that purpose.
It's quite simple actually: USA should stop playing world police.
there's some situations we shouldn't stick our nose into but then others where you don't have a choice...