Quick impact projects slow progress in Afghanistan
By Mark Ward | Thursaday, October 15, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…Several of the countries contributing troops to the war in Afghanistan provide more than weapons and military equipment for the fight. They also provide funds for ‘quick impact’ projects, called QIPs, on the theory that building a school or a clinic will win the hearts and minds of the local community and ‘buy’ their soldiers added security….”…BS
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