After investing millions in a Colored Revolution to bring its favored crew in power in Macedonia, the US Government now comes to collect. The Bechtel corporation, widely known as an arm of the State Department, signed a huge deal worth 1.3 billion with the Government to build us a couple of highways. Jason and Cvetin explain all the problems with the deal - including the fact that it was a no-bid arrangement - no competitive offers were even entertained; it will likely grow to at least 2 billion when all the bells and whistles are involved; the country gets no EU funding because it was, well, a secretive, corrupt no-bid deal that didn't go to an EU company; and any political clout Macedonia may buy in Washington by forking over a fifth of its GDP are worse than lost - they are counterproductive, because the deal was negotiated by the Albanian element in the Government and will benefit the Albanian cause more than the Macedonian cause. Bechtel and the State Department didn't bother to play ball even in small things, such as calling the natives living in the country you're plundering by their chosen name.
Meanwhile the Government is in full gansterism mode, extorting companies as it tries to rig prices of staple products, and the original gangsters are out-gangstering the politicians by killing each other in the streets. And Zaev is now openly working to bring down the Government.
All this, and more, in the latest Macedonian Content Farmers podcast.
Music by:
- Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)
With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name
Macedonian Content Farmers Podcast, Episode 153 – Crime of the century