REBUILDING IRAQ: THE BUCK STOPS WHERE?
by Arianna Huffington in February 9, 2005 newsletter
With the president preparing to hit up Congress for another $80 billion for the war in Iraq, I thought it might be a good time to crack open a history book.
In 1941, as the United States was on the verge of entering World War II, Sen. Harry S. Truman launched an investigation into reports of widespread waste, corruption and mismanagement in the nascent war effort. Over the next three years, the Truman Committee held hundreds of public hearings, visited military bases across the country, and ended up saving taxpayers $15 billion dollars. His efforts also saved countless lives by rooting out contractors using inferior materials and producing shoddy equipment.
We sure could use "Give 'em Hell, Harry" today — although, given the epidemic of corruption infecting the reconstruction of Iraq, even he would have his work cut out for him. ...
http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=758
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copyright Virginia Metze
With the president preparing to hit up Congress for another $80 billion for the war in Iraq, I thought it might be a good time to crack open a history book.
In 1941, as the United States was on the verge of entering World War II, Sen. Harry S. Truman launched an investigation into reports of widespread waste, corruption and mismanagement in the nascent war effort. Over the next three years, the Truman Committee held hundreds of public hearings, visited military bases across the country, and ended up saving taxpayers $15 billion dollars. His efforts also saved countless lives by rooting out contractors using inferior materials and producing shoddy equipment.
We sure could use "Give 'em Hell, Harry" today — although, given the epidemic of corruption infecting the reconstruction of Iraq, even he would have his work cut out for him. ...
http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=758
Important note: if you type the link instead of clicking on it above, do NOT misspell Arianna's name, as there is a spoof web page that comes up if you spell it Arrianna and it wants your social security number if you want to join her mailing list .... 1197 people have already visited the spoof link.
copyright Virginia Metze
Starmail - 11. Feb, 18:21
