The Exploding Costs of the Iraq War

The Raw Story has a sneak preview of tomorrow’s Washington Post story about the incredible increasing costs of the war in Iraq. Here’s a key excerpt: With the expected passage this spring of the largest emergency spending bill in history, annual war expenditures in Iraq will have nearly doubled...

Rebuilding Iraq: The 3% Completion Story

ABC has the story — in March of 2004, Parsons Global was awarded a $190 million contract to build 150 health clinics in Iraq. After two years, 5 are complete. This isn’t to say the contractor is to blame. Security concerns and U.S. and Iraqi government mismanagement seem to top the...

Used Wars – Part 2

Philippines

We made it to La Trinidad after much delay….They lost our luggage, but maybe it will be here...

No Time Like The Present!

All that exercise ought to be good for something…