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To: LindyBill who wrote (14822)11/2/2003 2:34:00 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793648
 

Is Halliburton in some way not up to the task? Is some better qualified company sitting on the sidelines? Would it have been advisable to tell the Iraqis to chill while we issued requests for proposals and then took competitive bids for the work?

Halliburton is by no means the only capable oil services firm available. They are just the preferred one - don't you wonder why?

There was plenty of time during the runup to the war to put together a broader consortium representing a wider variety of players. There just wasn't any interest in doing it.

In boxing, this is called "leading with your chin".



To: LindyBill who wrote (14822)11/2/2003 12:56:23 PM
From: MSI  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793648
 
Those who made profits out of deaths of American soldiers were hung, in a simpler time.

These days the least the moral relativists owe is complete and immediate transparancy of every dollar, with very few "black budget" exceptions. Anyone who doesn't comply should be given ceramic armor and put on the front lines to see exactly what they're profiting from.


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