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Originally Posted by mary
Ha! Okay...that's funny on a couple of different levels.
First of all, I had three brothers in the military. Costs ARE NOT ignored.
Secondly, quality is important in the private sector too. I wasn't suggesting the government hire ma and pa kettle to rebuild Iraq.
So I'm wondering, what kind of damning evidence and information do you have about the other companies that could've potentially bid on the project?
Are they just incompetent by default, since you refuse to admit it was irresponsible of our government to NO-BID a contract that cost the taxpayers billions and billions and dollars?
Let's hear it.
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Absolutely nothing at all.
What is your support for assuming that this was a "good ole boy" type of fraud?
What is your support for assuming that Halliburton was the wrong choice? If you are only looking at dollars, then you are missing the point that this is a military operation and dollars don't matter as much as success.
I already addressed that. I am not in possession of the information that the Administration and Military used to pick Halliburton. I am not privy to their discussion of the other options.
I am just saying that there is no reason to assume that Halliburton was chosen for ill advised reasons.
I am saying that Halliburton has been very effective as a means to argue that the Admin and Military chose correctly.