US "war aid" to Georgia finances luxury hotel in Tbilisi (Condoleezza Rice, illegal)

[tablemtn]

Remember back in September when our government pledged $1 billion in "recovery aid" to the nation of Georgia following its war with Russia?

You'll be happy to know that some of it has been put to good use - financing the construction of the luxury Park Hyatt hotel in downtown Tbilisi, in an area not damaged by the war.

Aid to Georgia finances luxury hotel in Tbilisi (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/top10-2008/index8.html - broken link)

The money was intended to “help Georgia sustain itself,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said... So why was $176 million of the aid money earmarked for loans to businesses—including $30 million to a real estate developer for a luxury hotel: the 127,000-square-meter Park Hyatt in downtown Tbilisi, an area that was not at all damaged in the war?

Why indeed...

[TheJagMan]

I'm not surprized...

[macmeal]

I think that "War Aid" to Georgia is the LEAST we can do, considering what Sherman did to Atlanta.....I have no problem with it. We MIGHT even think about helping out South Carolina, as well.

[delusianne]

Well, the developers are also building an office park and a convention center... that's a good way to get the place on its capitalist feet...wow, what if that whole South Ossetia invasion was a "mouse that roared" plan?

[Huckleberry3911948]

RE US foreign aid-----all this foreign and domestic aid stinks. a credit card crazed wife runnin around out of control and the taxpayer is the poor whuped husband. china had the backbone to take ms sams credit card away, we dont. bad enough she plays footsy with illegals but puts us in the poor house too? bad girl bad bad bad.