Iraq Corruption Whistleblowers Face Penalties

MSNBC ^ | August 25, 2007 | AP

[MamaTexan]

Doesn’t justify what goes on today, but an indicator that things aren’t all that different.

No, unfortunately corruption has been around...forever! LOL

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WW II was a qualified war, and at least the administration made an effort to control the waste of American's taxpayer dollars.

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Now I don’t know if this some sort of left wing hate site or whatever, but it showed up in a search.

LOL! Sometimes is really hard to tell. Looks like there are a lot of left leaning organizations on the about us page, but that doesn't mean you can't come across some interesting little factoids (like the one in your post).

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Here's a oldie but goodie: War is a Racket Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC [Retired]

[khnyny]

I’m sure it does happen in every war - human nature remains pretty constant throughout history, but societal, religious and moral standards do fluctuate and impact the scope.

Also, it helps if there is at least some measure of oversight.