And, yes, I DO take it personally: How come it is that the TWO countries the U.S. is dumping BILLIONS into are at the BOTTOM of the corruption scale?

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

How come it is that the TWO countries the U.S. is dumping BILLIONS into are at the BOTTOM of the corruption scale?

huh...? inquiring minds want to know...

Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog group said in a report released Tuesday.

Lawless Somalia remained the world's most corrupt country, followed by Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and Iraq, Transparency International said in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index.

oh, yeah... it's just coincidental... that's right... just coincidental...

p.s. the u.s. ranks 19, after the uk and before barbados... my part-time home, argentina, ranks 106 out of 180 AFTER liberia - 97 - and zambia - 99, but BEFORE djibouti - 111 - and ethiopia - 120...

Labels: Afghanistan, corruption, Iraq, transparent