U.S. Military’s Pier in Gaza to Cost $320 Million [???]
April 30th, 2024Update:
BREAKING: Secretary Lloyd Austin ADMITS likelihood of shooting warfare between U.S. service members and Gaza forces soon ?
GAETZ: “This is a very telling moment, Mr. Secretary, because you've said something that's quite possible that could happen. Shots from Gaza on our service… pic.twitter.com/HmS1bfqeWB
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 30, 2024
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Via: Reuters:
The U.S. military’s cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320 million, a U.S. defense official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The figure, which has not been previously reported, illustrates the massive scale of a construction effort that the Pentagon has said involves about 1,000 U.S. service members, mostly from the Army and Navy.
Still, the cost has roughly doubled from initial estimates earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the matter.
“The cost has not just risen. It has exploded,” Senator Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Democratic-led Senate Armed Services Committee, told Reuters, when asked about the costs.
“This dangerous effort with marginal benefit will now cost the American taxpayers at least $320 million to operate the pier for only 90 days.”
“This dangerous effort with marginal benefit will now cost the American taxpayers at least $320 million to operate the pier for only 90 days.”
Oh, I see. They need an excuse to build this heavy-duty, permanent pier, so they are preparing us to hear, when the time comes: “It was so expensive. We musn’t just tear it down. We’ll sell it/ rent it/ give it to Israel to get more use out of it.”
If it was only for getting refugees onto ships over 90 days, a pontoon bridge or landing craft would have worked and been much cheaper.
Just what I was thinking; they’ll need somewhere for the superyachts and cruise ships to moor, or is it for the oil and gas tankers?
Ha ha! Yachts on the starboard side, tankers to port!