Hey all, please become a paid subscriber so I can keep doing this work — Ken I have learned that the Biden administration is circulating proposals to publicly dispute the $320 million dollar cost figure for the failed Gaza aid pier as a way of making it appear less of a disaster.
1. This pier is only expected to last 3 months? There are ocean piers in the US East and West coast that last for years and they are subjected to ocean tides and very viscous storms. The Med, by comparison, is just a very large lake. Largely closed off at the straights of Gibraltar it's relatively placid. Nothing like the North Atlantic in Winter, or Florida in hurricane season, or the West Coast in Winter. The storms are so bad on the West coast that, for example, NOBODY lives on the West coast of Vancouver Island.
2. And I gotta say that whoever the DoD dweeb was that tried to drum up sympathy for our military out there, as someone who spent 6 years in the USAF, that's their job. Its not like they're liable to die on the job whereas the Gazans aren't merely liable to die they ARE dying. Why the hell didn't they simply hire a competent marine builder to make this pier? This is probably a prime example of why our military hasn't won a war in 70 years.
Can’t wait for Friday afternoon when Barak Ravid breaks the news that the “pier costs were actually closer to $80 million, and not the $320 million being reported by some outlets”.
I’m a tad skeptical regarding the UN’s figure of 80%. That sounds insane, even knowing Gaza’s whole population is facing immediate famine. Is Dr Husain not taking into account Sudan for example? It just seems insane 0_o.
Either way, this is bonkers. 320$M for a pier that serves little to no purpose in regards to what the US could actually do. Legal money laundering lmao
" US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
Most of the aid delivered via the US pier remains in a nearby storage yard that is nearly full.
By Associated Press
06/28/2024 02:08 PM EDT
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not reinstalling it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday.
While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard because of the difficulty that agencies have had moving it to areas in Gaza where it is most needed, and that storage area is almost full."
Jesus H. Christ!
1. This pier is only expected to last 3 months? There are ocean piers in the US East and West coast that last for years and they are subjected to ocean tides and very viscous storms. The Med, by comparison, is just a very large lake. Largely closed off at the straights of Gibraltar it's relatively placid. Nothing like the North Atlantic in Winter, or Florida in hurricane season, or the West Coast in Winter. The storms are so bad on the West coast that, for example, NOBODY lives on the West coast of Vancouver Island.
2. And I gotta say that whoever the DoD dweeb was that tried to drum up sympathy for our military out there, as someone who spent 6 years in the USAF, that's their job. Its not like they're liable to die on the job whereas the Gazans aren't merely liable to die they ARE dying. Why the hell didn't they simply hire a competent marine builder to make this pier? This is probably a prime example of why our military hasn't won a war in 70 years.
Well put.
Can’t wait for Friday afternoon when Barak Ravid breaks the news that the “pier costs were actually closer to $80 million, and not the $320 million being reported by some outlets”.
lol
I have not tweeted hourly for 15 years. I've barely produced 430 metric kilobytes of text.
I’m a tad skeptical regarding the UN’s figure of 80%. That sounds insane, even knowing Gaza’s whole population is facing immediate famine. Is Dr Husain not taking into account Sudan for example? It just seems insane 0_o.
Either way, this is bonkers. 320$M for a pier that serves little to no purpose in regards to what the US could actually do. Legal money laundering lmao
(Sudan: https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/PB_Sudan_famine.pdf)
This is truly incredible. Keep up the great reporting Ken!
And it's a wrap folks:
" US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
Most of the aid delivered via the US pier remains in a nearby storage yard that is nearly full.
By Associated Press
06/28/2024 02:08 PM EDT
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not reinstalling it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday.
While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard because of the difficulty that agencies have had moving it to areas in Gaza where it is most needed, and that storage area is almost full."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/28/us-will-remove-gaza-aid-pier-00165798
Are details, regarding pier specifications, prints, terms and conditions available to the public?