"Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal." Donald Rumsfeld

"We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." – Wolfowitz, March 28, 2003.

Both of these people were advisors to George W. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test" Bush

Amazing how they've turned a 20 billion war into an open-ended quagmire, going on for generations. Remember, WW II ran from December, 1941, to September, 1945, less than 4 years.

Arf