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2005-02-01 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-02-01 00:44|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 All that means is that the button counter and bottle sorters back in the US didn't get their triplicate paperwork for it. Bremer's point was a good one: it was more useful to pay people who were ghost employees to stay out of mischief, than it was to have them unemployed and making trouble.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-01 9:19:02 AM|| 2005-02-01 9:19:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is what happens when you want to disburse the money quickly. Accountability requires bureaucracy, which implies delay. Ask any expense planner. Remember that Lugar and Hagel were complaining about how money was being disbursed too slowly not long ago. Now that it was disbursed in a hurry, they'll undoubtedly complain that it was handed out too quickly.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-01 9:38:13 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-01 9:38:13 AM|| Front Page Top

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