For the record, I do have a big problem with the lack of open and
competitive bidding for the rebuilding of Iraq. There is no change in my
position since before I became a vicious reactionary hawk.
But more and more I feel that this war was fought over ideology and not just
oil and a few rich shareholders.... and I hate to quote trickle down, but
these contracts will help a lot of workers here ( not to mention in Iraq)
who did not grow up with the benefit to enjoy the fruits of being Westside
Intellectuals.
But yes, there is no doubt that there is greed on the part of many large
shareholders in many U.S. companies. And I am sure that the French and
Russian businesses are only motivated by pure humanitarian concerns ;)
As for the Museum, it is regrettable. But hey, who's perfect?
L
----- Original Message -----
From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com>
To: <OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 9:38 AM
Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Re: Gee this will convince everyone
> 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/
>
>
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Received on 2003-04-22 19:03:01