Thank you Jane, and GO LEAHY and WAXMAN!

I have not had a chance to catch up with all the brilliant thoughts here yet, and I do apologize if it’s already been mentioned, but: these war profiteers are hiring slaves from many poor countries and taking the slaves’ passports and making them work for slave wages while the corps. profit from the corpses.

Yes, I believe some of that was brought out in “Iraq for Sale” – something that has received very little attention, if any, by the press.

neurophius @
16

Bremer was awarded the Medal of Freedom in Dec. 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_bremer

why am I not surprised?

{{{ET bows toward neurophius}}}

I guess I’m really confused about what a person has to do to (or not do) to deserve a Medal of Freedom these days.

I have not had a chance to catch up with all the brilliant thoughts here yet, and I do apologize if it’s already been mentioned, but: these war profiteers are hiring slaves from many poor countries and taking the slaves’ passports and making them work for slave wages while the corps. profit from the corpses.

JR @ 91

Has anyone considered the possibility that this was slipped in to take it out of the hands of the Democrats and put it into the hands of the Cheney-friendly, Gates-controlled DoD??

Tell me I’m wrong, that military law doesn’t work that way… anyone?

Anyone?

Maybe this link might help

THE VIABILITY OF USING MILITARY COURTS
TO ENFORCE LAW IN POST-WAR IRAQ
Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey S. Corn
Chief, International and Operational Law
Office of the Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Europe
JURIST Guest Columnist

re: rumi @ 8:06 pm (#75)

“Military outsourcing”, huh? Good grief, could we come up with a more absurd euphemism?

Mercenary Supplied Humanitarian Aid

rumi @ 92

Why in the hell have we been paying, and evidently still are, a private company to teach service personnel weapons training?

Instructors are almost certainly ex-military, making more $ in private sector. So, would it be more cost-effective to pay active duty military more (retaining more expertise) and keep these people in our armed services? Or, could be many instructors are retired military, collecting military retirement AND corporate pay. An interesting question, but certainly costs and pay are big parts of the answer.

Maybe this is another easter egg that will be uncovered and scrutinized for future consideration. Maybe it wasn’t widely known before.

JR – I think Congress might have some control over the process overall but they did give too much to DoD with the MCA passing.

“Military outsourcing”, huh? Good grief, could we come up with a more absurd euphemism?

Has anyone considered the possibility that this was slipped in to take it out of the hands of the Democrats and put it into the hands of the Cheney-friendly, Gates-controlled DoD??

Tell me I’m wrong, that military law doesn’t work that way… anyone?

Anyone?