Rolling Stone on Iraq Spending

[MichaelC]

That wasn't the point.  If you're going to say companies will fall apart if they bilk the gov't, you're delusional.  Companies get away with that all the time.

Red herring or not, there is no reasonable explanation at all for the lack of oversight and lack of accountability with Halliburton or anyone else.  Period.  I've seen some things that make that $500 hammer a bargain.

And there's no guarantee we couldn't be doing it better and cheaper right now.