>honestly, I'm not sure what to believe bout bush/cheney. There have been many, many, many stories of deaths/injuries that could have been averted.
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>You may disagree, but I think the votes are in, and privatizing a war doesn't work. There have been many instances of problems caused by kbr, halliburton, blackwater, etc., that I think would be totally averted by not using private resources.

I've heard many times that there are more contractors in Iraq than there are military!
Yes, some of those are paid for by other countries, doing work for those countries. But I gotta believe that a huge majority are US-paid.



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>Yet there is not only no complaining from the admin, there are even more no-bid contracts thrown these companies way.
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>When bush get's up to give a speech, as he did several times in the last couple weeks, and comes across the way he does, I not sure if he really undertands what's going on.
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>>Do you really believe the deaths and injuries don't weigh on his conscious? I despise Bush for a lot, but I cannot fathom that he doesn't feel this.
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>>>It certainly doesn't appear our fearless leaders are having a problem with any of this:
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>>>Wrapping up a nine-day overseas trip to Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked, in an exclusive interview with ABC News, about the effect on the nation of today's grim milestone of at least 4,000 U.S. deaths over the five-year Iraq war.
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>>>Noting the burden placed on military families, the Vice President said the biggest burden is carried by President Bush, and reminded ABC news that the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty.
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>>>>4000 dead, $12 billion a month. And all the other collateral damage.
>>>>If makes you think about what there term 'Worth it' really means.