Officials announced this week that the pier will soon be permanently disconnected, months earlier than planned.
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The Joe Biden Memorial Pier has sunk unfortunately
US Was Going to Reconnect Gaza Pier for Last Time Before Permanently Closing It — But Couldn’t Even Do That Right
Submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://truthout.org/articles/us-planned-to-re-anchor-gaza-pier-one-last-time-and-even-that-failed/
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 months ago
From the beginning this thing sounded like a politician found out the military had something and trying to find a way to use it regardless of how realistic a solution it would be.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
It was a great PR stunt that cost taxpayers $230 million and delivered less than 1 day’s worth of aid during all of its operation.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So it was a successful project as far as the politician is concerned.
I’m sure voters will hold them accountable for their flagrant waste of taxpayer funds that could have been used elsewhere much more effectively.