Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 My, my, my, how conservative they are those conservatives. The payments in question comprised of Iraqi funds that had been held by the Federal Reserve Bank in New York before the invasion and consisted of a fund that succeeded the United Nations Oil for Food programme and seized Iraqi assets.“I acknowledge that I made mistakes and that, with the benefit of hindsight, I would have made some decisions differently. But on the whole, we made great progress under some of the most difficult conditions imaginable,†Mr Bremer told the committee. Mr Bremer’s remarks did little to quell criticism by Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the oversight committee, and others that the lack of accountability raised questions about whether the “cash shipped into the Green Zone ended up in enemy handsâ€Â. Mr Waxman took Mr Bremer to task for the manner in which US officials disbursed $20bn (€15.5bn, £10.2bn), sincluding $12bn in cash, in Iraq between March 2003 and June 2004. Mr Waxman said that, in a 13-month period, the US government had shipped 360 tonnes of cash to Iraq. “Who in their right minds would send 360 tonnes of cash into a war zone? But that’s exactly what [this government] did.†One official from the provisional authority described an environment awash with $100 bills, said a memo released by Mr Waxman’s office. “One contractor received a $2m payment in a duffel bag stuffed with shrink-wrapped bundles of currency.†In some cases, cash was stored in unguarded sacks in Iraqi ministry offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Mr Bremer made many mistakes. I like that photograph of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,041 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Got a link for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Mr Bremer made many mistakes. I like that photograph of you. That's Grover Norquist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Got a link for that? Here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_usa_cash_d...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ- http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/...&ID=6445267 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/92b91d8a-b650-11db...00779e2340.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Mr Bremer made many mistakes. I like that photograph of you. That's Grover Norquist. Could have sworn it was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Mr Bremer made many mistakes. I like that photograph of you. That's Grover Norquist. Could have sworn it was you. You don't know me. And, probably never will. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=20...ld+trade+center http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=91...ld+trade+center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterinbham 0 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Just another grotesque mistake by an administration that seems hell-bent on making grotesque mistakes. Again, I'm a Republican, but this war was a fiasco from its beginnings. Now the auditor general of the Pentagon is going on record saying that defense intelligence was misstated, utterly invalidating our entire premise for fighting the war in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Just another grotesque mistake by an administration that seems hell-bent on making grotesque mistakes. Again, I'm a Republican, but this war was a fiasco from its beginnings. Now the auditor general of the Pentagon is going on record saying that defense intelligence was misstated, utterly invalidating our entire premise for fighting the war in the first place. That is not quite what the IG said. See my post in "Associated Press mistated DOD report." All wars are mistake ridden. The biggest mistake we could make now is not winng the fight in Iraq. That mistake will not Bush's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 Just another grotesque mistake by an administration that seems hell-bent on making grotesque mistakes. Again, I'm a Republican, but this war was a fiasco from its beginnings. Now the auditor general of the Pentagon is going on record saying that defense intelligence was misstated, utterly invalidating our entire premise for fighting the war in the first place. That is not quite what the IG said. See my post in "Associated Press mistated DOD report." All wars are mistake ridden. The biggest mistake we could make now is not winng the fight in Iraq. That mistake will not Bush's. Dude, the war is lost. The only way to have won the war would have been to start with no less than 200,000 to 250,000 troops. Now, Iran is in their sights and Iraq will suffer just as Afghanistan has suffered from neglect. You can't go into a country, stir up a bunch of $#!%, then just leave without stabilizing the country. Their mistake was going into Iraq in first place. But, now that we have successfully screwed everything up, we must ask for help. Yes, ask for help from the world community Bush has alienated. That's just for starters. I'm an I.B.E.W. wireman, and not a politician or global policy adviser, so my opinions should be taken as such. It's beyond repair in my opinion. The whole region is in utter turmoil due to the foreign policies of the United States Government, and not the people of the United States. Our presence has led to attacks by repressed people in foreign lands (or our own government), people don't want us there. Multinational corporations use our military to protect their interests in these lands, and the people of those lands do not receive fair compensation for the resources the multinationals take. In other words, the people of those countries suffer with poverty, disease, etc. while a few benefit from the wealth those nations. Sounds like capitalism doesn't it. Well, capitalism or communism, same resultant. The little guy suffers and struggles while the big cheese gets rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,041 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Dude, the war is lost. That should make all you socialists very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Dude, the war is lost. That should make all you socialists very happy. I don't think otter is a socialist. But the war will be lost only when we quit; and then a bigger war begins. I don't think he understands the real danger of pulling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,041 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Dude, the war is lost. That should make all you socialists very happy. I don't think otter is a socialist. But the war will be lost only when we quit; and then a bigger war begins. I don't think he understands the real danger of pulling out. I know otter isn't a socialist, that is why I responded to Bottomfeeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 Tigermike, if we win in Iraq (and or Iran) I'll buy you a steak. I would love to have won Iraq, but they did it on the cheap, plain and simple. It's over, their just spending more money and blood, escalating it to become a major war in the middle east. Better hold on tight guys and girls, cause "W" ain't out of office yet. And, "W" says he be involved in the Middle East after he is out of office. What a cluster$#@!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Dude, the war is lost. That should make all you socialists very happy. I don't think otter is a socialist. But the war will be lost only when we quit; and then a bigger war begins. I don't think he understands the real danger of pulling out. I know otter isn't a socialist, that is why I responded to Bottomfeeder. Sorry, you are right. BF is delusional and a socialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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