Another $700 mil pissed down a hole in Iraq because nobody thought to write oversight into the contract. We’re all Bill Murray now.
Deja Vu
by Tim F| 18 Comments
This post is in: War, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.
by Tim F| 18 Comments
This post is in: War, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.
Another $700 mil pissed down a hole in Iraq because nobody thought to write oversight into the contract. We’re all Bill Murray now.
by Tim F| 17 Comments
This post is in: Republican Stupidity, War
Some criticisms sound meaningful but are really fairly trivial (the incompetence dodge, Dick Cheney’s shriveled, black soul) while others cut a bit deeper. This falls in the second group. Government auditors said yesterday that the Pentagon relies too much on contractors who often work alongside their government counterparts, cost more and sometimes take on responsibilities …
by John Cole| 29 Comments
This post is in: Foreign Affairs, War on Terror aka GSAVE®
So says the Inspector General Report (but you know the liberal media will be blamed for reading it and reporting about it): Iraq’s national government is refusing to take possession of thousands of American-financed reconstruction projects, forcing the United States either to hand them over to local Iraqis, who often lack the proper training and …
This post is in: Military, Politics, Republican Stupidity, War
This pretty much says it all about the War in Iraq: $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, U.S. investigators have found. The Baghdad Police College, hailed as crucial to …
by John Cole| 3 Comments
This post is in: Military
Image Credit Read this, and then remember: Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Marine Major, Mar 21, 2003 Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Marine Captain, Mar 21, 2003 Therrel Shane Childers, 30, Marine 2nd Lieutenant, Mar 21, 2003 Jose Antonio Gutierrez, 22, Marine Lance Corporal, Mar 21, 2003 Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Marine Corporal, Mar 21, 2003 Kendall …