That's what failed states are for

GREEN JOBS are international socialism at work
In the U.K., Labour is spending £2billion for a promised 500,000 "green jobs." The Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) revealed that 90 per cent of the money earmarked for Britain’s biggest off-shore wind farm is being spent on overseas contractors.

FAILED STATE
In the meantime, the British government is giving £37million to create jobs in Yemen. The reason cited is an unemployment rate in Yemen that is estimated to be 35 per cent. Ostensibly this is to help ward off terrorism in the area, despite the fact that most of the terrorists in the region come from wealthy backgrounds. And that one of the tenets of Islam is charity to others and Yemen's wealthy neighbors have no interest in helping the country.

With good reason. Jane Knovak sums it up. She ought to know. She's been banned from the country since 2006.

There is nothing to suggest that the regime would sincerely battle al Qaeda if it rid itself of other distractions. A truce in 2003 between the Yemeni al Qaeda and the regime led to several years where terror activity was externally directed. Reports indicate that Saleh requested additional jihadists from Ayman al Zawahiri late in 2008. Within months, an influx of foreign jihadists began amassing in Sa’ada. The survival of the regime hinges on fundamentalist support.

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There are two possible explanations. One, the aid money from the U.K and the U.S. is an attempt to buy off the government to avoid terror attacks on Britain and the U.S. Evidence of this is that Yemen is reported to have ordered troops into al-Qaeda strongholds. And it might actually work. Until Saudi Arabia offers more money to provide a safe haven for the terrorist groups.

On the other hand, Yemen is a convenient place to laundry international aid. For most of us, the fact that the U.N. is calling for $177 million in humanitarian aid for Yemen, is, frankly, incontrovertible evidence of corruption.