Comments on: Audit: Iraq Contracts Skirted Fraud Rules

Probe Finds Pentagon Paid Nearly $8 Billion With Little Or No Oversight, Or Even Proof Of Work

[wogerwabbit]

If McCain is elected there will never be accountability for this. I bet Bush sets the record for pardons before he leaves office... he will make Bill Clinton look like a light weight.

[newz4i]

Bush administration, "...relying too heavily on contractors to manage the war."

The two oilmen in the White House managed this war just fine ... for them, not America.

And to say - Senator McCain promises more of the same?

Vote out a Republican this November, and Americans have a chance to manage their money for the United States, not foreign kingdoms.

Here''s the worst crime of self-centered management:

Total Fatalities

Operation Iraqi Freedom: 4,070
Operation Enduring Freedom: 493
(Updated May 23, 2008)

(Soldier''s name withheld out of respect for the family)

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Age: 21 years old

Died: May 15, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Incident: Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle in Baghdad.

[neoconrcrazy]

Now why aren''''t we getting paid back by the Iraqi Govt.? They are selling crude oil from Iraqi fields, but we are paying to rebuild thier govt. and infrastructure, as well as providing security and training for their police and soldiers ... for free. Why?

Posted by docpeter


that''s a strange question to ask! Don''t you know you''re only a citizen - what makes you think you should know such things?

these are matters of strategic, vital, life & death national interest! people are making these decisions in our best interests too -

you really have to learn to trust your government- what''s wrong with you?

[geneonlbk]

The American people are getting just what they voted for.

[wdrussell1]

frandson, someone once said, don''t remember who, if you could throw every lobbyist out of Washington, it would still take 20 years to clean up the mess they made.

[lochlan-2009]

So who profited on Sept. 11, AlQuade, the Taliban or the Bush Regime? Follow the money.

[singingrick]

BETWEEN THE LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON AND THE CORPORATE THIEVES LIVING OFF THE TAXPAYERS, WHO IS REALLY RUNNING THIS COUNTRY?

Posted by frankson2 at 11:40 AM : May 23, 2008



You just answered your own question.

[frankson2]

BETWEEN THE LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON AND THE CORPORATE THIEVES LIVING OFF THE TAXPAYERS, WHO IS REALLY RUNNING THIS COUNTRY?

[docpeter-2009]

"An internal audit of some $8 billion paid to U.S. and Iraqi contractors found that nearly every transaction failed to comply with federal laws or regulations aimed at preventing fraud, in some cases lacking even basic invoices explaining how the money was spent."

No surprise there.

"Of the money paid during a five-year period - from 2001 through 2006 - $7.8 billion in payments skirted billing rules with some violations egregious enough to invite potential fraud, warned the Defense Department''s inspector general."

No surprise there.

"The findings provided fresh fodder for anti-war Democrats, who say President Bush''s administration has turned a blind eye to the problem of corruption and fraud by relying too heavily on contractors to manage the war. "

No surprice there, ecpecially considering GWB and Cheney''s close ties to Haliburton and KBG. Just more $$ in the bank for them both.

"Payments that are not properly supported do not provide the necessary assurance that funds were used as intended," the IG concluded.

That should be a no brainer.

Now why aren''t we getting paid back by the Iraqi Govt.? They are selling crude oil from Iraqi fields, but we are paying to rebuild thier govt. and infrastructure, as well as providing security and training for their police and soldiers ... for free. Why?

[drinuk]

WDRussell1, fully agree Norquist is all over, fingers in every pile of S H I T. Just remember the name along with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfelt and the rest of the Mafia, our day will come and when it does, these crooks will be shown no quarter, they must Go bigtime.