Iraq Reconstruction Official History: Colossal Blunders
A recent NYT article discusses the huge report on the reconstruction effort in OIF. It also has a link to the report. Congress appropriated $50 billion in reconstruction funds — the most in U.S. history and it all went to one country. “Hard Lessons”, the Inspector General’s report on how those taxpayer dollars were spent concludes that although some efforts were successful, “many were not”.
On a related note, gotta love that Iraqi journalist who had the guts to throw his shoes at Bush the other day. How insulting is Bush taking a “victory lap” around Iraq after the devastation he has wrought – on soldiers, Iraqis, and America’s reputation. I’ve often said Bush would have been ok as a bartender at private country club somewhere. Instead, we all got screwed because he failed upwards and inexplicably became president. I blame Ann Richards.
Here’s the HuffPost video from late night comedy on this issue. Good stuff.
Below is a NYT photo of Iraqis supporting the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during an unannounced visit to Iraq. What did Bush expect? Flowers?
