Business American Style In Iraq

Heard this segment on NPR this morning:

" ..Members of Iraq's American-appointed governing council are unhappy about the
way the United States is awarding contracts for reconstruction. They say the
process excludes potential Iraqi contractors, who would charge much less for the
work, and favors huge American companies and their foreign sub-contractors. And
council members say the process is riddled with bribery and kickbacks. NPR's Guy
Raz reports .."  www.npr.org

It appears that Halliburton, Bechtel, etc. are now on the ground doing what they
do best.  And of the 87 billion dollars Bush is asking for of Congress as some
sort of "gift" to Iraq?  It's right here.

Also in the news, NSA Condolezza Rice is now in charge of a public relations
scheme in order to paint some rosy picture of the more pleasant things happening
in Iraq.  Perhaps she can highlight this story and that which involves the ever
increasing number of guerrilla attacks against US troops.

You know things are NOT going well when you have to put up some sort of PR
campaign while US troops are dying.  This is sick.  This is reminiscent of 'Nam.


kjs