Posted on 09/01/2007 7:55:26 AM PDT by khnyny
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.
Or worse.
For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
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 dont 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]
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.
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