On 11/30/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The corruption in Iraq reconstruction and security is currently > >estimated at ten times that of the oil-for-food scandal. > > Well, let's see. All of the oil sales were controlled by Hussein and that > totaled about 2 million barrels/day. In 2001-2002, oil prices were in the > $25 range, so lets just say an even 15 billion year. The security and > reconstruction outsourcing clearly isn't 150 billion/year, so how can that > be true? Who did the estimating?
I am heading out but want to answer this quick point. Are you claiming the total dollars that Saddam received was corruption? The oil-for-food scandal corruption and bribery is estimated at around 4% of that. The rest deserves a detailed response. -- Gary Denton http://www.apollocon.org June 23-25, 2006 "The budget should be balanced; the treasury should be refilled; public debt should be reduced; and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled." -Cicero. 106-43 B.C. Easter Lemming Liberal News Digest - http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
