Cons Of The Marshall Plan

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April 2002 President George Bush announced a Marshall Plan promising substantial financial assistance for Afghanistan. The U.S. Congress approved just over 38 billion in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan. Most of the money went to training and equipping an Afghan Army. The United States has now spent over 104 billion dollars on the Afghanistan building project. The Marshall Plan is a reassuring measure to keep countries from failing and give them a fighting chance. Superpowers are not simply powerful, they are dominant. Superpowers are economically, socially, culturally and militarily dominant. America is a country that has enough military, and economic strength to make other nations think twice before taking actions