figure the odds On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Tim...have you read Rachel Maddow's "Drift"? I would highly suggest it... > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:27 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > 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:351309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
