This certainly goes into the running for one of the D'OH! newspaper ledes of 2005:
Efforts to rebuild water, electricity and health networks in Iraq are being shortchanged by higher-than-expected costs to provide security and by generous financial awards to contractors, according to a series of reports by government investigators released yesterday.
Taken together, the reports seem to run contrary to the Bush administration's upbeat assessment that reconstruction efforts are moving vigorously ahead and that the insurgency is dying down.
What happened, did some defense contractor not fork over the dough on an ad buy? Unbelievable. Well, perhaps the slumbering giant has awoken. Hopefully it's not just long enough to stumble to the can, take a piss and a sleeping pill and head back to sleep for another three or so years.
posted by Jo Fish on 07.29.05 at 12:02 AM
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Hey, I just came across this site and wanted to express how important and relieving it is that Veterans are speaking out on both sides of the political fence.
Between Halliburton & Chalabi it is a miracle that any funds make it to public projects. Still, with cost plus contracts Oily Dick must be happy that his stock is above water again in spite of some of the worst corporate management in America.
