[lbo-talk] Tough Times

[Dennis Perrin]

"Awarding the first major contract for reconstruction in Iraq to a politically connected American company under restricted bidding procedures sends a deplorable message to a skeptical world. Critics of the invasion often say it was launched for the control of oil and other venal motives, not for the benefit of the Iraqi people or to rid the world of a growing menace. The Bush administration should work hard to dispel that mistaken notion and should bend over backward to avoid reinforcing it. Yet the award of a contract worth up to $680 million to the Bechtel Group of San Francisco in a competition limited to a handful of American companies can only add to the impression that the United States seeks to profit from the war it waged."

Don't you love it when the Times gets really critical? 

<http://nytimes.com/2003/04/19/opinion/19SAT1.html>

DP
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