Comments on: Iraq: State Of Corruption

Steve Kroft Reports On Widespread Corruption In Iraq's Government

The total blame goes to the Republican administration that committed our funds and people to this land of incompetent looney bins. Maybe they should moved to Iraq and run it as well as they ran the US the last 8 years.

[arlt1627]

Wow...I had to wonder if I was reading about Iraq or New Orleans! LOL It would appear that Iraq is no differnt from many US cities run by democrats. A good number are abysmal failures.

Posted by LibH8er at 08:04 AM : Apr 14, 2008

Gee, I must have been sleepwalking the past 5 years. I thought we had a Conservative Republican administration that was veto proof running things? This obviously means that Democrats are the ones *** up everything GW does because he''s infallible. LOL. This deserves a WOW back at yourself.

[scottyusa]

No surprise here. Justb like us they are. If we know about all this why are we not doing anything? The more I read about the government in Iraq the more I understand that these idiots are not doing anything for their country. They are doing it for themselves. Maybe it IS time to say goodbye and tell them that they just are not worth it.

[redstripe11]

Nice reporting. Now try reporting on some of the corruption in THIS country for a change.

[piercetheval]

...GEE, Where do you think they learned to be so corrupt?...if we left right now and came back in a year...I don''t think you''d see a difference from if we stayed.

[libh8er]

Wow...I had to wonder if I was reading about Iraq or New Orleans! LOL It would appear that Iraq is no differnt from many US cities run by democrats. A good number are abysmal failures.

[brianbwb-2009]

"The people of Iraq obviously are NOT there yet".
Posted by skyk

Neither are we, friend, neither are we.

[skyk-2009]

It seems we are never going to understand or at least some of us are never going to understand, what OUR democracy is all about. Those who have NEVER bought into it... those who seem to think its something you can market or "Give" to people, do NOT understand it and never have. You MUST believe in the concept, you MUST place the right of a person ahead of Religion, Wealth and all other things for it to work. You MUST be willing and able to FIGHT for it... today and every day. The people of Iraq obviously are NOT there yet. When they are they will know it and those who want to control them will as well.

[bluestardad]

HALIBURTON TOO!

AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!

[brianbwb-2009]

"You understand the problem with that, don''''t you? I am not sure if it is doable under the Constitution, but if it were, only Congress would have any authority to take resources belonging to another country to spend in that country. I don''''t think ''''freezing assets'''' falls under the same law." Posted by TheGateway1

Absolutely correct, Gateway, international law, traditional concepts of sovereignty, and common sense
make no provision for one country''s laws, statutes, and policies to be imposed upon another, and nothing in the US constitution gives anyone extraterritorial jurisdiction over another country, such a concept would be unthinkable, and would be rejected by the rest of the planet.

That would be the same as Iraq passing a law that Americans cannot appropriate funding for our own national budgets.

As long as Iraq s still recognized as a sovereign state, the US has no right to pass any laws that must be valid for Iraqis in their own country.

[brianbwb-2009]

"NAUcoming4U - when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
The only thing bwb could hit on the head is his own d|ck." Posted by speakinup

As I say frequently in these topics, rather than making yourself look rather mentally deficient by posting nothing but insult, you would appear to better address your disagreement if you can show how I am incorrect in my positions...


chrrrrp... chrrrrp...

[ranger1948]

onthe left
I am not sure how well we are controlling the Iraqui oil, have you looked at gas prices lately ?

[realpatriot1]

The Gateway,

Obama''s name has not come up at trial liar! If it had it would be covered 24/7 and you know it!

Nice try at diverting attention from the issue here. That is yhat the Iraqi government and the insurgency are one and the same. Maliki is putting on a show of independence belied by the lack of any reform coming out of the Parliament or serious offensives by the Iraqi Army. We all saw the truth when Iraqi forces defected rather than fight the insurgency.

The real story here is that war supporters in this country are funding and training the very people who are killing our troops!

We created Bin Laden in Afghanistan, we sold Sadaam his WMD and we are making the same mistakes once again!

[termtex01]

"The U.S. should create an "Iraq only" force, paid for with Iraqi oil revenues and stop the practice of committing U.S. forces to Iraq long term so that overall readiness can improve and U.S. forces can respond to other missions.

Posted by tbweb at 01:32 AM : Apr 14, 2008"

You understand the problem with that, don''t you? I am not sure if it is doable under the Constitution, but if it were, only Congress would have any authority to take resources belonging to another country to spend in that country. I don''t think ''freezing assets'' falls under the same law.

[ontheleft]

Bush doesn''t care how corrupt the Iraqi government is, so long as it is cooperative in allowing the United States to control Iraqis oil reserves.

[termtex01]

Interesting that CBS pointed out a connection to the U.S. elections here. Obama''s buddy Rezko is here. I wonder how that got past the editor?

"But there are indications that Alsammarae may have some problems here in the U.S.: his name has surfaced in connection with the corruption trial of his old friend, Chicago real estate developer Tony Rezko.

In a closed-door session, federal prosecutors reportedly accused Rezko of bribing Alsammarae in order to obtain an Iraqi electricity contract. Alsammarae denies the charges and says he''s doing everything possible to clear his name, short of going back to Baghdad where he says he will be killed, perhaps by Iraqis who are only getting a few hours of electricity every day, despite billions of dollars of investment from the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
"

I recall Petraeus telling everyone that the Iraqi army was ready to take over security in Iraq.

The reality is that one or two years on from Petraeus'' claims, and they still aren''t ready.

And they probably never will be - not while we''re doing their fighting for them.

[andrew_693]

Nothing new here. The republicons are corrupt, therefore their allies would have to be corrupt, so iraq is corrupt. Iraq is headed towards becoming an islamic fascist state. The US is already a christian fascist state. The Taliban and the Republicon party, two sides of a same coin.

[buddyandmom]

"Well Mr. Chairman, I will have to get back to you. I don''t know precisely what you are referring to," Rice said. Six months later, Waxman''''s staff was still waiting for an answer."
Can somebody please tell me how someone in Rice''s position gets away with a non-answer like this ? Who is she trying to kid ? It''s an insult to one''s intelligence. But this is not the first time Rice has not answered such vital questions put to her by top congressional committees. If she and others are not made to answer then what''s the point ? 6 months and still no answer ?
She should be fired, charged with contempt & made to pay a fine to cover the costs of Waxman''s committee.
I''m so frustrated and fed up with this entire show of dishonest bumbling clowns. We need a change like never before in this country.

[speakinup]

NAUcoming4U - when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

The only thing bwb could hit on the head is his own d|ck.