{"id":1162,"date":"2005-01-31T23:32:39","date_gmt":"2005-02-01T03:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2005-01-31T23:32:39","modified_gmt":"2005-02-01T03:32:39","slug":"iraq-audit-finds-more-fuzzy-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Audit Finds More Fuzzy Math!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest blogged by Winter Patriot<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

There’s a good article<\/a> at Antiwar.com<\/a> about a pile of money that seems to have developed magical powers. Here are the first few paragraphs:<\/p>\n

The U.S.-run administration in Baghdad failed to keep track of nearly $9 billion of money it transferred to various Iraqi ministries, according to an official audit released Sunday.<\/p>\n

The report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says that the now defunct U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) did not exercise adequate managerial control over funds paid to Iraqi government ministries, which employ hundreds of experts from the United States.<\/p>\n

This resulted in potentially widespread corruption, including paying salaries to “ghost” employees, and led to the eventual disappearance of $8.8 billion between early 2003 and mid-2004. <\/p><\/div>\n

“Potentially widespread” corruption? Good phrase! That’s right up there with the “possibly innocent” civilians whose home was bombed the other day. Pardon our “catastrophic success”! <\/p>\n

What am I bitching about? It’s only money, is it not? And we have money to burn, don’t we? No? Ok then, why are we so busy burning it? <\/p>\n

I do not<\/i> want to know how many humvees could have been properly armored for 8.8 billion dollars. I do not<\/i> want to know how many American lives could have been spared. Really. I don’t even want to know<\/i> how many extra votes could have been gained by making sure those 8.8 billion dollars disappeared into the right pockets! Oh that’s right! They did<\/i> disappear into the right pockets! How ironic!!<\/p>\n

And how many elections can you buy for 8.8 billion dollars? Don’t tell me. I don’t want to know! <\/p>\n

You can read the entire article<\/a> but please don’t answer<\/i> any of my questions!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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