More misadventure in Iraq

[SwampThing]

This is just pathetic...

GOP loyalty dictated who would rebuild Iraq
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After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But they had to get past Jim O'Beirne's Pentagon office before going to Baghdad.

To pass muster with O'Beirne, a political appointee, applicants didn't need to be experts in the Middle East or in postconflict reconstruction. They did need, however, to be a member of the Republican Party.

O'Beirne's staff posed blunt questions about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? Do you support the way the president is fighting the war on terror? Two people said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade.

Many of those chosen to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which ran Iraq's government from April 2003 to June 2004, lacked vital skills and experience. A 24-year-old who never had worked in finance was sent to reopen Baghdad's stock exchange. The daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator and a recent graduate from an evangelical university for home-schooled children were tapped to manage Iraq's $13 billion budget, even though they had no accounting background.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... cpa17.html





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[beatschool]

Beirne should be charged with treason and executed if found guilty. Scumbag.

[SwampThing]

[quote]Beirne should be charged with treason[/quote] And those who hired him and/or had knowledge of his policies. Seriously, to send a ship of fools over there was gross negligence, but what do you expect from this administration, more of the same MO. GOP propaganda machine has been working over time for the last few weeks telling us Democrats are weak on terror (just in time for elections), keeping the focus off their own failures.

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[stella]

Why don't I find this surprising? I see it all the time. Not to belabor a point but my second non profit got environmental education grants that included some fairly high pay for teachers. The idea was to find really qualified people and make classes fun and cross discipline. One of my partners hired his son and my best friend which put me in a compromising position to say the least. (Former friend) When I questioned it he dummied up documents, when I busted that he said too bad we already spent all the money.

To make a long story short I think the kind of things my partners and friends did are as common as dirt. People promise quality and deliver their useless son in law. You pay for a diamond and get glass and we all end up in Iraq with Halliburton and idiots at the head of FEMA.