It was also announced this morning that Bechtel won a major contract
in Iraq. Thank goodness! I was beginning to lose sleep over the worry
that they might not get it...
On a more serious note, why didn't anyone care enough to protect the
National Museum? Those ancient treasures were easy pickings for the
looters.
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "dne44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
> that we weren't in this for oil or to line the pockets of American
> corporations.
>
> The government awards Halliburton a $600 million dollar contract
> for "emergency" oil services in Iraq. Unbid. And gee, the name
> Halliburton sounds vaguely familiar... And there are a number of
> other such deals being done.
>
> And where does the money come from...that's right, us! So even if
> other companies or countries could have done it cheaper, we'll never
> know how much we could have saved. Thank God this administration is
> so serious about reducing government spending!
>
> And for even more reasons to find this deeply offensive:
> http://slate.msn.com/id/2081640/
Received on 2003-04-18 09:38:22