'The Girl in Question'
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What will they do against Saddam? Exactly how long and with what goals was the UN planning to give the inspectors?
What was the risk in doing it slowly?
They dithered too long until the Man of Action threw up his hands and went ahead. It's a shame.
You know he and his cronies are going to make a fortune, right? Follow the money.
You know what this headlong rush gave us? A fat contract to Halliburton and soldiers in forest fatigues.
I take this board as seriously as I take any conversation; perhaps more so because I respect the people I'm talking to. If you discuss a serious topic here, you should expect people to debate it with facts.
You know he and his cronies are going to make a fortune, right? Follow the money.
Nope, even they realized how awful it looked.
You know what this headlong rush gave us? A fat contract to Halliburton and soldiers in forest fatigues.
They're now reporting, in addition to Blair's comments that they don't have the overwhelming force in place that they'd planned, that some of the troops are nearly out of food, water, and fuel.
It's worse than a conversation, really, because it doesn't evaporate into the ether -- so if I get things wrong, they sit around here for people to come and read and opine on.
The article is downloading slowly.
Caroma, it doesn't look bad, it is bad.
The fact that they got caught and are pulling back doesn't negate that they tried to do it in the first place.
Finally read the article.
So, Halliburton won't have the monopoly on the re-build. They'll still make a fortune.
Nope, even they realized how awful it looked.
Snort. Even you can't think this makes them look good. Besides, it's not like they aren't gonna give a nice deal to Halliburton (see below):
Halliburton, which declined to comment, could still be awarded a sub-contractor role.
Ayup, just as I figured. Still think they are being entirely selfless?
Whoa, remember I was the one who blew the whistle on them over in Natter to begin with. Of course they're being "selfish"--it's called trying to make money for their workers and shareholders.
No, it doesn't make them look good. But it's still true that a) not many companies can do what they do and b) Cheney has been totally out of the company since 2001. He still knows people there, sure, but what can be done about that? Should the whole upper echelon resign because one of their own became VP?
Not many... how many? what precluded them? why is halliburton the best choice? That's only 2 years. The connections are still there. Why is it okay to be included with connections, but not okay to exclude because of same connections?
And now I'm feeling like I've just colonized the Unamerican thread for my own purposes.
sorry.