In retrospect I agree. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > that was my impression. I know what people are going to say but > frankly if we had not gone into Iraq, Afghanistan would never have > become such a crudhole of a nation. Perhaps the Victorian British Raj > had the correct idea, wall off the place from the rest of the world > and let it stew in its own juices. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have major complaints about KBR. They were conducting ops that should > > rightly have been conducted by soldiers. Cook is an MOS but ours went on > > patrols and didn't cook anything, laundry could have been done cheaper by > > direct hire of locals. We have carpenters and electricians in the Army, > no > > need to have KBR build our hooches and showers and stuff. > > > > The food when I arrived at Bagram was substandard. They were charging > $30 > > a plate. they actually got hammered eventually because so many people > > complained, and some general officers had to deal with it. It did > improve > > drastically eventually. > > > > I've read some things about a natural gas pipeline that was proposed, but > > never saw any evidence of it while I was there, and haven't really heard > > anything about it since. Yes the contract companies made money there, > but > > I don't think that was a main motivator for the invasion. > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> > >> exactly the only greed factor I can see is with KBR, but during that > >> time period they didn't have the same presence as they did in Iraq. I > >> think Tim can enlighten us on that - he was there. > >> > >> But the only real money to be made in Afghanistan are with opium and > weed. > >> > >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > I guess I don't see the greed motivation in Afghanistan, share? > >> > > >> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Greed was the motive. Revenge was the justification. Bush's > trifecta. > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > I guess i disagree...at least initially. Initially, it was all > about > >> >> > revenge. Money certainly became a factor soon thereafter, though. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
