Comments on: BEYOND SCANDALOUS: MIND BOGGLING CORRUPTION IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ

By: Randy Andrews

Randy Andrews — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:47:02 +0000

Sadly, this sort of waste is typical for the government. You think Iraq is unique? The government has a very primitive system for measuring progress: if you are spending money, you are making progress.

This is the case in Iraq, and at NASA, (where I worked for several years), and other agencies I’m sure. If you don’t spend the money, you lose it, and no one wants to lose their money.

By: tubino

tubino — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:09:42 +0000

Any conservative worth his salt has already blogged about the problems with reconstruction and the corruption involved.

I can tell you from many months of experience that when I have commented on right-wing sites about this waste and corruption (which has been documented for a long time in Waxman’s report), I have been called a Michael Moore loony and much much worse. The denial on the right on this issue has been incredible, with most trying to explain it away with the “fog of war” defense.

Which does not hold up AT ALL when this admin is running away from prosecutions.

It’s no accident that it’s a UK paper, and the Guardian no less, that follows up on this. You won’t be seeing any in-depth reporting on this in the US MSM.

By: gil

gil — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:36:28 +0000

Randy

Raight on.

There is only so much money to go around. Bush and the Republicans insisted on having their tax cuts in the middle of two wars and the math just does not add up. The reconstruction after Katrina is simply not working because of lack of adecuate resources.

What ever happened to the Conservative Republican Ideals of fiscal responsibility?.

By: Gus

Gus — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:23:13 +0000

I don’t believe that President Bush started this war to enrich anyone, though I’m sure Dick Cheney isn’t unhappy that one side effect is the enrichment of his portfolio. On the other hand, the buck has to stop somewhere, and the corruption did take place on his watch. I don’t know if Iraq ia worse off or not, but I do know that at least two thirds of Iraqis, if recent polls are to be believed, want U.S. troops out, which would lead me to believe that the people who know best think things are worse.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:04:54 +0000

That’s just Iraq. Just wait until people start becoming aware of the giant fiasco around the re-building of the Gulf Coast. The problem in a nutshell is that the people running the government don’t believe in government and are terrible at it. Their only guiding principle is the lining the their pockets and the pockets of their cronies at the expense of the rest of us. There is a class war going on and it’s not just between the rich against the poor and middle class, it’s between the ultra-rich against everyone else. The conservative movement is dead. The end result of the Ayn Rand inspired greed revolution is a culture of corruption so deep and rampant, it threatens our way of life.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:43:22 +0000

I also disagree with ‘picture of zoroastrianism’ ( a very interesting name ). I think that refusing to expose crime encourages it, and that prosecution does act as a deterrent. This is taxpayer money that’s being stolen while our country is on the line. It’s disgusting.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:40:57 +0000

What you’re seeing is a lot of frustration on the Left. We have been telling people since before Bush got in, just how bad he would be. And no one believed us. And he has turned out to be far worse than we imagined he could be.

Who would have thought a deficit this size, corporate giveaways to this degree, a Medicare plan that was this irresponsible, a two-front war that now appears to be installing a religous theocracy that could outlaw Christianity in Afghanistan, etc. etc…

We can and do differ on our interpretations of the facts. I just want to say, I feel pretty sure that if you thought Bush was responsible the way that we do, you would probably be just as angry.

Please understand us. We love this country too. And we hate, hate, hate what he has done and continues to do to this country, it’s citizens, it’s honor, and it’s future.

By: picture of zoroastrianism

picture of zoroastrianism — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:13:44 +0000

This world is full of dishonest people. Custer is just one of them and exposing them will or will not act as a deterrent. People are drenched in bad deeds and we are ALL suffering because of it. It is pretty sad.

Best

By: CB

CB — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:14:05 +0000

What’s $12 billion out of a trillion. Nothing to get worked up over.

Move along, nothing to see here…

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:21:16 +0000

The unbelievable shallowness of thought and one dimensional thinking that passes for dialogue on the left is really starting to piss me off.

Any conservative worth his salt has already blogged about the problems with reconstruction and the corruption involved. What kind of arrogance does it take to believe that the “reality based community” (itself an arrogant, self righteous idiocy coming from people who believe in so many conspiracy theories they’ve lost track) has a corner on anything except cruel, unreasoning, hatred against Bush?

Criticism is one thing. Loathing and conspiracy mongering are revealing of a mindless hate that colors everything the left says and does. I hardly need congratulating from such nincompoops.