The only song we get for Operation:USELESS DIRT is that of a Federal budget out of control:
The main part of the NDN is a 3,220-mile rail network for transporting supplies between the Latvian port of Riga and the Uzbek town of Termez (connected by a bridge over the Oxus River to the Afghan settlement of Hairatan). According to the Pentagon, it costs nearly $17,000 per container to go through the NDN compared to $7,000 through the Pakistani border crossings.
Moreover, U.S. and NATO are allowed to transport only “non-lethal goods” through the NDN.
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US/EU should just buy and construct a nuclear power plant for Latvia and one for Lithuania instead. Other than being cheaper, it would offer much better relations and benefit for the Baltic states and much better correlate with US's/Europe's strategic interests for the long-term.
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