The $32.5-million cost of a sewage treatment facility for the war-ravaged city of Fallouja, begun in 2005 by the U.S. military, has mushroomed to $104 million, and will now reach only 4,300 homes instead of the 24,500 originally envisioned, if it ever reaches any homes at all. Although the treatment plant is almost complete, the contract did not include a pipeline to connect the plant to the town.
The story was similar in other sectors. A recent audit cites the example of an unfinished slaughterhouse in Basra — price tag $5.6 million — that was undertaken without securing a supply of water to wash away the blood.
A U.S. 'legacy of waste' in Iraq - latimes.com
As the rest of the world have been saying for ages... but I love this part.
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Talk about incompetence... but guessing the Bush officials in charge got promoted for this.
Most of this conflict was fought surrounded by a God awful mess, I hope the government collectively learns from it.
That whole war was a massive waste of money, time, resources and most of all lives. We should NEVER have gone there in the first place, when there we should have left rapidly, not stayed and stayed and stayed. Sadly the Iraqi people will be paying the price of this war for generations to come - meanwhile Haliburton and Co made millions.
Oh my... this is what happens after having a massive OD of Kool Aid.
They will be paying the price?
Do you realize 1 million people died under sanctions and Maddie Albright claimed it was "worth the cost"?
Do you realize they won't have rape rooms, be throwing people off building and won't be murdered because the leader feels threatened?
Do you realize the Iraqi's are benefitting from the defeat of Saddam and the neutering of terrorists that flocked to the area fter the war?
Do you realize it is now a democracy with a constitution, not a hell hole of evil run by a tyrant and his sick sons and cling-ons?
Do you realize he used WMD, had them and Hans Blix reported to the UN he lied about hat he had and they believed he was in possession of WMD?
Phew... what they teach kids in school these days.
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Adding more needless eaths isn't a help. it's adding injury to injury and not helping.
Oh my... this is what happens after having a massive OD of Kool Aid.
They will be paying the price?
Do you realize 1 million people died under sanctions and Maddie Albright claimed it was "worth the cost"?
Do you realize they won't have rape rooms, be throwing people off building and won't be murdered because the leader feels threatened?
Do you realize the Iraqi's are benefiting from the defeat of Saddam and the neutering of terrorists that flocked to the area after the war?
Do you realize it is now a democracy with a constitution, not a hell hole of evil run by a tyrant and his sick sons and cling-ons?
Do you realize he used WMD, had them and Hans Blix reported to the UN he lied about what he had and they believed he was in possession of WMD?
Phew... what they teach kids in school these days.
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Victims of Saddam's' regime, the mass graves.
The Iraqi's are not better off without Saddam. Not to mention it's probably a good thing for the Iraqi's to pick up part of the tab on some of these projects. Not that I'm saying waste didn't occur, but I will not accept that Iraqi's where better off with Saddam in power.
I'm surely not alone in finding it incredible people can make such ridiculous remarks, and I can say I'm tired of having to rehash the arguments that extinguish their vapid claims. There's so many of them! They're like Zombies... one wave after another keeping coming at you with the same asinine mantra. But, if you're like Michael Moore, Iraq was a little bit of heaven, perhaps Disney, with kids peacefully flying kites.
I think it is time to go back, grab a few threads and use them as the response each and every time (perhaps calling it The Education of the Lost and Deceived).
The Iraqi's are better off without Saddam. Not to mention it's probably a good thing for the Iraqi's to pick up part of the tab on some of these projects. Not that I'm saying waste didn't occur, but I will not accept that Iraqi's where better off with Saddam in power.
In English please... no comprende.
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When has that ever happened?
No one is saying that Iraqi's were better off under Saddam.
Not a single person.
But don't wave those civilians deaths in our faces and expect me to still think the war is justified. Yes those deaths were horrible, and Saddam deserved his fate BUT! if you use that to justify Iraq... then how come you haven't gone to Zimbabwe and sorted out Mugabe? How come you haven't gone to North Korea and sorted out Kim Jong Il, he's killed more of his own people then Saddam ever wished he could have... Why haven't you gone into Sudan and freed those people, they have oil as well...
Come on now.
I agree, and was in agreement... my point was pointed at those foolish individuals that believed the Iraqi's are somehow worse off now than with Saddam... a viewpoint that simply boggles the mind.My point is that most of the Dems supported the war in Iraq, especially through their representatives in Congress, very few Dems spoke out against the war, in fact most prominat Dems supported the invasion, at the time. The only thing worse then using the bad economy to funnel nearly a trillion dollars to your special interest groups is playing politics with our troops lives.
I agree, and was in agreement... my point was pointed at those foolish individuals that believed the Iraqi's are somehow worse off now than with Saddam... a viewpoint that simply boggles the mind.
First they cried about "connecting-the-dots", and then cry when the dots and evidence lead to Saddam still having WMD (you don't have to buy anything Bush said, just read Hans Blix's report to the UN) and we acted because Saddam would not follow the rules... as he hadn't for 12-years. After years of Clinton wagging his finger and doing nothing... Post 911 we didn't have that luxury of appeasing the pacifists or terrorists.
I think the Dems are despicable. They vote to send troops to war (Senate Dems asked for and got a second vote to try and cover for their decades of hostility to the military) for political expediency, then stabbed them in the back when the troops needed their support the most... also for political expediency.
Some of them like Reid and Durbin should have been brought to trial for treason.
The Dems put on a display that was so disgusting it will be difficult to top, but I'm sure they will try. As the Iraq war illustrated, they have zero shame.
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I agree, and was in agreement... my point was pointed at those foolish individuals that believed the Iraqi's are somehow worse off now than with Saddam... a viewpoint that simply boggles the mind.
First they cried about "connecting-the-dots", and then cry when the dots and evidence lead to Saddam still having WMD (you don't have to buy anything Bush said, just read Hans Blix's report to the UN) and we acted because Saddam would not follow the rules... as he hadn't for 12-years. After years of Clinton wagging his finger and doing nothing... Post 911 we didn't have that luxury of appeasing the pacifists or terrorists.
I think the Dems are despicable. They vote to send troops to war (Senate Dems asked for and got a second vote to try and cover for their decades of hostility to the military) for political expediency, then stabbed them in the back when the troops needed their support the most... also for political expediency.
Some of them like Reid and Durbin should have been brought to trial for treason.
The Dems put on a display that was so disgusting it will be difficult to top, but I'm sure they will try. As the Iraq war illustrated, they have zero shame.
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A U.S. 'legacy of waste' in Iraq - latimes.com
As the rest of the world have been saying for ages... but I love this part.
or
Talk about incompetence... but guessing the Bush officials in charge got promoted for this.
The story was similar in other sectors. A recent audit cites the example of an unfinished slaughterhouse in Basra — price tag $5.6 million — that was undertaken without securing a supply of water to wash away the blood.
I know we're horrible about waste.
But GD - that's pathetic.
*cue the sarcastic clapping family* WTF
Future lessons to be learned from this - if you're rebuilding an area, region, country or nation - do NOT do it while you're still quelling the upheaval. Seems like common sense (which has left the building).
Can't completely blame Bush, though - it's just one of many in a long line of government waste (cue Tea Party Rhetoric here) and futher leads to the sense that government is run by idiots who have absolutely no concern for our money which they so gleefully spend.
It's like those home-rebuild shows where they rebuild the house in a week and leave the occupants with spiked taxes, maintenance cost and basic utility increases - but aren't concerned with all that, tossing it aside as trivial 'details' to be swept under the rug.
Gesus - anyone home? Hellloooo.
But what did they/we/anyone expect, really? Great land of waste and poor taste - anything good happen?
It's a reality check - us Americans have no control over money, budgeting and this thing called 'planning' doesn't really exist, either - and starting things that come in WAY over budget (if at all finished) is nothing new in the USA. The problem, I guess, is that this is fact - and other countries can't afford our bull****.
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