reply to post by ModernAcademia
You may be right in there, perhpas Iraqi citizens got the short hand of the deal after all.
Remember all that money for reconstruciton was squandered away in nothing more than useless projects that where nohing to benefit Iraqi security.
Then you have all the money that was recovered from Saddams coffers that has been missing.
Interesting the conrruption behind many of this so call reconstructions contracts has been there for everbody to see.
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (IPS) - Dozens of millions of dollars originally slated for the reconstruction and security of Iraq have been squandered on
luxury items like an Olympic-sized swimming pool, VIP trailers, and buildings that were never or rarely used, a U.S. government watchdog says.
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So as you see finally something is done to stop the contracts awarded that are nothing more than wasted and missued money by the corrupted
corporations that this was awarded to.
Among the examples of waste documented in the 579-page report is that as part of a contract awarded to DynCorp International between July 2004 and
June 2006, the State Department paid 43.8 million dollars for manufacturing and temporary storage of a residential camp that has never been used.
See how our tax payer money has been used.
The State Department may have also spent another 36.4 million dollars on weapons and equipment, including armoured vehicles, body armour and
communications equipment, that cannot be accounted for because "invoices were vague and there was no backup documentation".
All that money that our president keeps asking for and getting for reconstruction is not been monitored and kept tracks on it.
Is like having a check book with not limit at the expenses of the Americqn people.
Since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration has spent more than 30 billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds and another 20
billion dollars in Iraqi funds under its control for the reconstruction effort. The war in general has reportedly cost more than 450 billion dollars.
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But he is the one that brought this war he is the one that is asking for money and more money and under his administration all this corruption and
mess is happening.
[edit on 28-4-2008 by marg6043]
